Full Name:
Boxing Conversion (C#)

Short Name:
Boxing Conversion (C#)

Type of Entity:
C#

Abstract:
Boxing is used to store value types in the garbage-collected heap. Boxing is an implicit conversion of a Value Types (C# Reference) to the type object or to any interface type implemented by this value type. Boxing a value type allocates an object instance on the heap and copies the value into the new object.

MSDN Source URL:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/25z57t8s.aspx