Converging technologies is a generic term for technologies which interact with one another in the development of new products and services.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

The fact is that the Internet is the name of a specific collection of networks, while internet is a generic term for two or more connected networks.

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Tear gas is a generic term for a group of at least 15 toxic chemical agents that disable people by exposing their lungs, skin and eyes to irritants.

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Although 4G has become part of our daily vocabulary, there is no 5G standard that exists today. 5G is simply a generic term for the next generation network.

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During that time, the word "moor" itself underwent a change of definition: Originally meaning a Muslim, it became a generic term for any person from Africa or from the Ottoman Empire.

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And Jannuzzo acted as pit bull in notifying 12 record labels that the company objects to artists using the word "Glock" in rap songs such as Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit, " mainly out of fear that Glock's name will become a generic term for handgun.

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We know a great deal about the short-term effects of Xanax (generic name is alprazolam) and other benzodiazepine medications on the brain.

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"Generic Prozac is a nice, large onetime cash generator, but Barr has assembled a very strong near-term product lineup that is going to continue to drive an accelerating growth profile over the next couple of years, " says Elliot Wilbur, specialty pharmaceuticals analyst at CIBC Oppenheimer.

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