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A delegate is an object-oriented, managed, secure and type-safe function pointer in the .NET framework. A delegate signature includes its name, return type and arguments passed to it. Rather than passing data, a delegate passes a method to another method. Delegates are used in many contexts, including implementing callbacks and event handlers, entry thread points and multiple types of method specifications. Because a delegate does not know the class of a referenced object, it is used for anonymous invocation.
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