class of lantern (cf. intelligent light). Any lantern which does not have remote control of properties other than brightness, e.g. parcan, profile, fresnel, flood etc.

referring to all the members of a class or group; general

applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"

Meaning default or 'common'. We use generic to describe a template that is used across all sites to start with. It has no individuality.

code= a function or class that is a template and can be used for data of many different types depending on its parameters.

Defined independently from a particular class¤. Typically used when referring to class¤ or function templates. Also used to refer to pointer variables of type void*, which can be used to store pointers of any type.

Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class.