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4. Types

4.2 Reference types

4.2.1 Class types

4.2.2 The object type

4.2.3 The string type

4.2.4 Interface types

4.2.5 Array types

4.2.6 Delegate types

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4.2.2 The object type

Visual Studio .NET 2003

The object class type is the ultimate base class of all other types. Every type in C# directly or indirectly derives from the object class type.

The keyword object is simply an alias for the predefined class System.Object.

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