Full Name:
Unsafe Code and Pointers (C#)

Short Name:
Unsafe Code and Pointers (C#)

Type of Entity:
C#

Abstract:
To maintain type safety and security, by default C# does not support pointer arithmetic. However, by using the unsafe keyword, it is possible to define an unsafe context in which pointers can be used. For more information about pointers, see the topic Pointer types.

MSDN Source URL:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/t2yzs44b.aspx