generics
noun[plural]
/dʒəˈnerɪks/ukusproducts,especiallydrugsformedicaluse, that areproducedby manycompanies,ratherthan by thecompaniesthatinventedthem:
Sales ofbranddrugstendtodeclineastheirpatentsexpireandconsumersswitchtocheapergenerics.
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The development and approval ofgenericsis less expensive, allowing them to be sold at a lower price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The standard library usesgenericsto provide many services.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Genericsallow compile-time type checking without having to create a large number of container classes, each containing almost identical code.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this same context, the term "genericisation" refers to the process of a brand drug losing market exclusivity togenerics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a language withgenerics(a.k.a. parametric polymorphism) and bounded quantification, the previous examples can be written in a type-safe way.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Client code (code invoking generic methods/properties) are fully compiled and can safely assumegenericsto be type-safe.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Global sales ofgenericsare about $100 billion, or just over 10% of the total pharma market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other first line agents, including gabapentin and tricyclic antidepressants, are given equal weight as first line agents, and unlike pregabalin, are available as inexpensivegenerics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, there are a large number ofgenericswhich may be mistaken for the tradeproduct.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Beforegenericswere introduced, it was required to declare all the types explicitly.
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- present circumstance
- present climate
- present climate
- present company excepted
- present-company-excepted
- present condition
- present constitution
- present consumption
- present-continuous
- present crisis
- present-day
- present-day
- present discounted value
- present-discounted-value
- presented
- presenteeism
- presenter
- present essay
- present experiment
- present form
- present generation
- presentiment
- presenting
- presenting complaint
- presenting problem