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Generation (from the Greek ''γενεά''), also known as Procreation , is the act of producing Offspring . It can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as Electrical Generation or Cryptographic Code Generation . A generation can also be a stage or degree in a succession of natural descent as a grandfather, a father, and the father's son comprise three generations.

A generation can refer to stages of successive improvement in the development of a Technology such as the Internal Combustion Engine , or successive iterations of products with Planned Obsolescence , such as Video Game Console s or Mobile Phone s.

A generation can also represent all the people born at about the same time, sometimes called a Generational Cohort in Demographics . Historians and social scientists have identified series of Generations In American History , though there is no widespread agreement names and boundaries of 20th Century generations.

In Biology , the process by which populations of Organism s pass on advantageous Trait s from generation to generation is known Evolution .


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