general-purpose

American  

[jen-er-uhl-pur-puhs] / ˈdʒɛn ər əlˈpɜr pəs /

adjective

1. useful in many ways; not limited in use or function.

   a good general-purpose dictionary.

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general-purpose British  

adjective

1. having a range of uses or applications; not restricted to one function

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Etymology

Origin of general-purpose

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Memory prices have soared 80%-90% on quarter in 1Q so far, according to Counterpoint’s data, driven by a sharp price increase in dynamic random access memory used in general-purpose servers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beijing this month announced plans to deploy three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing by 2027.

From Barron's

“As AI moves from simple assistants to autonomous agents that plan and execute tasks, the requirement for general-purpose compute is accelerating,” he wrote, referring to operations handled by CPUs.

From MarketWatch

“As AI moves from simple assistants to autonomous agents that plan and execute tasks, the requirement for general-purpose compute is accelerating,” he wrote, referring to operations handled by CPUs.

From MarketWatch

“Intuit’s integrated data, compliance expertise and end-to-end workflow remain difficult to replicate with general-purpose AI tools,” Panigrahi wrote.

From MarketWatch