Full Name:
Generic Classes (C#)

Short Name:
Generic Classes (C#)

Type of Entity:
C#

Abstract:
Generic classes encapsulate operations that are not specific to a particular data type. The most common use for generic classes is with collections like linked lists, hash tables, stacks, queues, trees and so on where operations such as adding and removing items from the collection are performed in much the same way regardless of the type of data being stored.

MSDN Source URL:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/sz6zd40f.aspx