> Boxing is the process of converting a value type (on the stack, passed by value) to the type "object". When the runtime boxes a value type, it wraps the value

> Boxing is the process of converting a value type (on the stack, passed by value) to the type "object". When the runtime boxes a value type, it wraps the value inside a object instance and stores it on the managed heap (passed by reference). Unboxing extracts the value type from the object. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/types/boxing-and-unboxing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-...