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A generation is "all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively."

Generation or generations may also refer to:

Science and technology

Generation (particle physics), a division of the elementary particles
Generation in carrier generation and recombination, a process with mobile charge carriers (semiconductors)
Generation in biology, a (usually multicellular) life stage, see biological life cycle
Electricity generation
Programming language generations, classes of a programming style's power

Books

Generations (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics series
Superman & Batman: Generations, a DC Comics series
Generations (book), a 1991 analysis of Anglo-American history by William Strauss and Neil Howe
GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, a series of visual arts projects, exhibitions and events
Generations (DC Comics), a limited series from DC Comics
The Generation: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Communists of Poland, a 1991 book about Polish-Jewish history

A Generation, a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda
Generation, a section of the Berlin International Film Festival comprising Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus
Generation (2021 TV series), an American dramedy television series on HBO Max
Generation (Canadian TV program), a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in 1965
Generation (film), a 1969 film
Generations, the second season of the American TV series Heroes
Generations (American TV series), an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC 1988–1991
Generations (South African TV series), a South African soap opera that aired on SABC1 1994–2010
Star Trek Generations, the seventh Star Trek film

"Generation", by Arisa Mizuki from Arisa II: Shake Your Body for Me, 1992
"Generation", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Take Them On, On Your Own, 2003
"Generation", by Emerson Hart, theme song for the TV series American Dreams, 2002
"Generation", by Simple Plan from Simple Plan, 2008
"Generations" (song), by Tetsuya Kakihara, 2013
"Generations", by Don Diablo, 2014
"Generations", by Inspiral Carpets from Revenge of the Goldfish, 1992
"Generations", by Sara Groves from Conversations, 2001
Generation (Acid Angel from Asia song), 2022

The Sims 3: Generations, a 2011 expansion pack for the video game The Sims 3
Sonic Generations, a 2011 game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
Video game generations, in the history of video games and console technology

Generation Investment Management, a London-based asset management firm founded by Al Gore
Generation (play), 1965 play
Generation ship, a hypothetical type of starship that travels great distances for hundreds of years, requiring multiple generations of the occupants to complete the trip