# Generation (disambiguation)

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

## Film and television

* Generation, a section of the Berlin International Film Festival comprising Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus
* A Generation, a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda
* Generation (Canadian TV program), a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television in 1965
* Generation (film), a 1969 American comedy film
* Generations (American TV series), an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC 1988–1991
* Star Trek Generations, the seventh Star Trek film (1994)
* Generations (South African TV series), a South African soap opera that aired on SABC1 1994–2010
* Generations, the second season of the American TV series Heroes (2007)
* Generation (TV series), a 2021 American dramedy television series on HBO Max

## Music

* Generations, a folk duo consisting of Skylar Grey and her mother

### Albums

* Generation (Anarchic System album) or the title song, 1975
* Generation (Audio Bullys album) or the title song, 2005
* Generation (Dexter Gordon album), 1973
* Generation (Hal Russell album) or the title song, 1982
* Generation (Kenny Burrell album) or the title song, 1987
* Generations (Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli album), 2007
* Generations (Gary Burton album), 2004
* Generations (Journey album), 2005
* Generations (Pepper Adams and Frank Foster album) or the title song, 1985
* Generations (Steve Wilson album), 1998
* Generations, by Will Butler, 2020

### Songs

* "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

## Video games

* 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

## Other

* 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