generic type

English

generic type (plural generic types)

(object-oriented programming) A type which can be instantiated with any other type.
- 1977, Jacques André, Implementation and Design of Algorithmic Languages:
  We call generic type a parametrized specification defining a family of types. Each member of that family is characterized, in a defining occurrence, by its generic name and its actual parameters.
- 2006, Patrick Smacchia, Practical .NET2 and C#2‎, Paradoxal Press:
  A generic type is a type that is parameterized by one or several other types.

type which can be instantiated with any other type