How do we define the "general purpose"?

Jin Tan, Xiaolian Duan, Daidi Zhong, Michael J. Kirwan. How do we define the "general purpose"?. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 36(6):963-965, 2014. [doi]

@article{TanDZK14,
  title = {How do we define the "general purpose"?},
  author = {Jin Tan and Xiaolian Duan and Daidi Zhong and Michael J. Kirwan},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1016/j.csi.2014.02.003},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2014.02.003},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/TanDZK14},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Computer Standards & Interfaces},
  volume = {36},
  number = {6},
  pages = {963-965},
}