What are Access Modifiers/Specifiers in C#

Access Modifiers defines the scope of the member or type. The keywords used to specify the declared accessibility of a member or a type. There are 5 types of access modifiers that can be used in c#

1. public

   It specifies that everyone can access the member or type. It can be access from the anywhere even from the outside the namespace.

2. protected

   It specifies that only containing class and child class can access it. It becomes very important while implementing inheritance.

3. internal

   It specifies that the class and member can be access only with in the same assembly.

4. protected internal

   It specifies that the access is limited to the current assembly or the child class that is derived from the containing class.

5. private

   It specifies that the only containing type can access it.