Why the operator and the generator are not considered as individual gene?

Question

asap.thank you.

Answer 1

I don't know what the generator is.

However, the operator is not a gene because it doesn't code for a protein.  The operator is only the place where a regulatory protein can bind.  So, whatever the generator is, it musn't code for a protein.

Answer 2

What do you mean by generator?

I still don't know what the 'generator' of a gene is ,I have never heard the term before? Can you define it?