Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to:

In technology:

• AMD Next Generation Microarchitecture, AMD products
• Next Generation Internet, U.S. Government project which is intended to drastically increase the speed of the Internet
• Next Generation Networking, emerging computer network architectures and technologies
• Next-generation lithography, lithography technology slated to replace photolithography beyond the 32 nm node
• Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, software architecture designed by Microsoft
• The seventh generation video games consoles, the current generation, which primarily focuses on the consoles released since 2004 by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.

In television:

• Star Trek: The Next Generation, science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry
• Degrassi: The Next Generation, Canadian television series
• Roots: The Next Generations, miniseries and a sequel to the phenomenonally popular miniseries Roots
• Meerkat Manor, series 4, which debuted in summer 2008 on Animal Planet in the United States, is titled Meerkat Manor The Next Generation.

In other fields:

• Next Generation Magazine, video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company
• Next Generation poets (2004), list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry
• The Next Generation Chronicles, website created based around characters from Marvel and DC comics

As a buzzword:

The phrase Next Generation is cited as a frequently-used buzzword, in which case its meaning is intentionally vague, but carries a connotation of newness or modernness. See buzzword for an explanation of this usage.

See also

• Generation Next

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