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Let \(l_\infty\) be the set of all real or complex sequences \(x= (x_k)\) with the norm \(\| x\| =\sup_k | x_k |< \infty\). A linear functional \(L\) on \(l_\infty\) is said to be a Banach limit if it has the properties: (i) \(L(x)\geq 0\) if \(x\geq 0\) (i.e., \(x_n\geq 0\) for all \(n)\), (ii) \(L(e)=1\), where \(e=(1,1,1, \dots)\), and (iii) \(L(Sx)= L(x)\), where the shift operator \(S\) is defined by \((Sx)_n =x_{n+1}\). Let \(B\) be the set of all Banach limits on \(l_\infty\). A sequence \(x\) is said to be almost convergent to a number \(s\) if \(L(x)=s\) for all \(L\in B\). We introduce a new sequence space which is generated by infinite matrices and almost convergence. Several known sequence spaces are obtained by specialising \(A\) and \((p_k)\) and therefore the results proved here extend the corresponding results which are known for the special cases. We also define and examine some properties of \([w(A,f)]\) defined using a modulus \(f\) and nonnegative regular matrix. We define a generalization of statistical convergence and also give some inclusion relations between \([w(f)]\)-convergence and \(S\)-convergence.