general-purpose
Speech parts
1. general-purpose - Adjective
2. general-purpose - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
not limited in use or function
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Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.
1980s The 1980s saw the rise of more general-purpose wearable computers that fit the modern definition of "computer" by going beyond task-specific hardware to more general-purpose (e.g. re-programmable by the user) devices.
; 32-bit integer capability : All general-purpose registers (GPRs) are expanded from 16 bits to 32 bits, and all arithmetic and logical operations, memory-to-register and register-to-memory operations, etc., can operate directly on 32-bit integers.
Accordingly, the normalized design lends itself to general-purpose query processing, whereas the unnormalized design does not.
Absolute mode is a general-purpose mode.
All but 4 general-purpose rooms are smart classrooms fitted with technology for projecting images and sound from one’s laptop computer.