Shallow Copy versus Deep Copy

Although you will find these terms mentioned in technical articles, you won't find any methods with these names. In fact, "Shallow Copy" is the only type of copying directly supported by a method and that one is named MemberwiseClone. (Where Microsoft got that name, I do not know. If you think you can explain it, let the rest of us know.)

 A new article on the site explains what they are and how to use them.

Shallow Copy versus Deep Copy