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The generic (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb359438.aspx) class is a not ordered collection for containing unique elements which is the equivalent of the HashTable but for use with generics. For more information about this collection, see (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397727.aspx) at the MSDN website.