Generation (from the Greek γενεά), also known as procreation, is the act of producing offspring. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Reproduction is the Biological process by which new individual Organisms are produced In Biology, offspring are the product of Reproduction, a new Organism produced by one or more Parents Collective offspring may be known It can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as electrical generation or cryptographic code generation. Electricity generation is the process of converting non-electrical Energy to Electricity. Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek grc κρυπτός kryptos, "hidden secret" and grc γράφω gráphō, "I write"
A generation can also be a stage or degree in a succession of natural descent as a grandfather, a father, and the father's son comprise three generations.
A generation can refer to stages of successive improvement in the development of a technology such as the internal combustion engine, or successive iterations of products with planned obsolescence, such as video game consoles or mobile phones. Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a Planned obsolescence (also built-in obsolescence The purpose of planned obsolescence is to hide the real cost per use from the consumer and charge a higher price than they would
In biology, the process by which populations of organisms pass on advantageous traits from generation to generation is known evolution. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles A trait is a distinct phenotypic character of an organism that may be inherited environmentally determined or somewhere in between eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008
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A generation has traditionally been defined as “the average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring. "[1] This places a generation at around 20 years in span and this matches the generations up to and including the Baby Boomers. Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the Post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964 However, while in the past this has served sociologists well in analysing generations, it is irrelevant today. [2]
Firstly, because cohorts are changing so quickly in response to new technologies, changing career and study options, and because of shifting societal values, two decades is far. A personal and cultural value is a Relative ethic value, an assumption upon which implementation can be extrapolated Secondly, the time between birth of parents and birth of offspring has stretched out from two decades to more than three. In Biology, offspring are the product of Reproduction, a new Organism produced by one or more Parents Collective offspring may be known Looking at Australian statistics, the median age of a woman having her first baby was 24 in 1976, while today it is just over 30. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. [2] So, while the Boomers are the children of the Builders or Veterans, Gen Z are more than often the younger siblings of Gen Y – or the children of the late-breeding Gen X. Generation Y, sometimes referred to as " Millennials " or " Echo Boomers " is a cohort of individuals born in possible starting years Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or In recent years, the median age of first-time mothers throughout the western world has reached record highs.
So, today a generation refers to a cohort of people born into and shaped by a particular span of time (events, trends and developments). And the span of time has contracted significantly. [2]
More so than ever, the commonalities of today’s generations cut through global, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic boundaries. Due largely to globalisation made possible through the various technologies of today, a youth from Australia, the US, UK, Germany or Japan is shaped by the same events, trends and developments: they witnessing unprecedented declines in their national birth rate, are equally concerned by global warming, and more of their generation are tertiary-educated than their parents and grandparents. Also, the population of many countries today, including Australia, the US and the UK, is made up of diverse cultures and peoples, affected by the same events, trends and developments of the country they call home. Likewise, those living on Government pensions are aware of and shaped by the latter no differently than are celebrities and high-flyers. [5]
Generational labels
The various labels given the living generations – the Builders through to Gen Z – reflect the times which have shaped their generational profile. The names given the Builders reflect the events that shaped them (the World Wars and the Depression); the Boomer labels, the population boom following World War II and the shedding of moral codes after the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s (the love generation and the lost generation, for example); the X-er labels, the material prosperity of the times (the options generation) and the after-math of the sexual revolution (the baby-busters), and the Gen Y labels, the digital age that heralded in its birth. Generation Y, sometimes referred to as " Millennials " or " Echo Boomers " is a cohort of individuals born in possible starting years [2]
NB: Demographers have identified only five living generations in Australia; there are six in the US (see table below). Australia's living generations include: The Builders (1920-1945), the Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1979), Generation Y (1980-1997) and Generation Z (1998-2009). Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the Post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964 Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or Generation Y, sometimes referred to as " Millennials " or " Echo Boomers " is a cohort of individuals born in possible starting years Generation Z is the Generation of people living in Western or First World cultures that follows Generation Y.
References
- ^ Dictionary.com
- ^ a b c d McCrindle Research 2006, New Generations at work, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ U. S. Census Bureau 2007, Facts for features: Mother's Day, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ "More women have a late pregnancy", BBC News, December 17, 2004, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ Zemke, R. et al 2000, Generations at work, AMACOM books, New York.
- ^ William Strauss and Neil Howe (1991) Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069, ISBN 0-688-11912-3
Generation Table
Please note that these years that have been noted are quite vague and may differ slightly (in some cases quite substantially) from country to country. Strauss and Howe ( William Strauss and Neil Howe) are authors and speakers known for their theories about a recurrent cycle of Generations in history
| Builders (1901-1924) | Silent (1925-1942) | Boomers (1943-1960) | Generation X (1961-1981) | Generation Y(1982-2002) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The greatest generation | The sandwich generation | The love generation | Slackers | Google generation | The gamers generation |
| The dying generation | The Depression generation | The me generation | The twenty/thirty somethings | The MySpace generation | The internet generation |
| The beat generation | Regan generation | Trailing-edge boomers | The generation after | The MyPod generation | Zeds/Zees |
| The booster generation | The beatniks | Leading-edge boomers | iGeneration | New silent generation | |
| The war generation | The hippies | The gap generation | Spoiled generation | The corporation generation | |
| The hero generation | The lost generation | The latchkey kids | The connected generation | Generation vista | |
| The seniors | Breakthrough generation | Generation X men/women | Generation whY | The neo-Disney generation | |
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Generations are extended periods of time that are connected with pop cultures Intergenerational equity, in the sociological and psychological context is the concept or idea of Fairness or Justice in relationships between Children Generation Z is the Generation of people living in Western or First World cultures that follows Generation Y.Dictionary
generation
-noun
- The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
- Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc
- That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring.
- A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time.
- Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (biology) "The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.
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