| Subject | English | German |
| microel. | file generation number | Dateierstellungsnummer |
| IT | generation number | Dateikennsatznummer |
| microel. | generation number | Erstellungsnummer |
| microel. | identify by a generation number | durch eine Erstellungsnummer kennzeichnen |
| transp., mater.sc. | number generation | Erzeugung von Zahlen |
| comp., MS | random number generation | Zufallszahlengenerierung (" Production of an unpredictable sequence of numbers in which no number is any more likely to occur at a given time or place in the sequence than any other. Truly random number generation is generally viewed as impossible. The process used in computers would be more properly called "pseudorandom number generation".") |