general-purpose
adjective
gen·er·al-pur·pose
ˈjen-rəl-ˈpər-pəs 
ˈje-nə-
: suitable to be used for two or more basic purposes
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a general-purpose glue for routine household repairs
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Unlike competitors who provide general-purpose solutions, Exadata X11M is tailored for high-demand Oracle Database workloads like AI, OLTP, and analytics processing.
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Steve McDowell, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
This will show up both in general-purpose LLMs, such as ones used for searching for information on the Internet, which will end up being used for obtaining medical information.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
And while general-purpose generative AI platforms continue to improve at coding, 2024 also saw the proliferation of increasingly capable AI tools that are tailored for coding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
After his father died in 1953, Carter also took over the family farms and operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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Steve McDowell, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
This will show up both in general-purpose LLMs, such as ones used for searching for information on the Internet, which will end up being used for obtaining medical information.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
And while general-purpose generative AI platforms continue to improve at coding, 2024 also saw the proliferation of increasingly capable AI tools that are tailored for coding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
After his father died in 1953, Carter also took over the family farms and operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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“General-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general-purpose. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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