gen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gen n informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-gen \-gen\ [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see {Genus}). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -g[8a]ne.] 1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen. 2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
gen /jen/ n.,v. Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts.