Understanding built-in Reference type

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Hi i can't understand.
Is the delegate type built-in type or not.

this page contains delegate
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/reference-types

this page not
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/built-in-types

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• Content: Reference types - C# Reference
• Content Source: docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/reference-types.md
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[BillWagner]

Hi @DigitalPen

The delegate type is builtin, but it is an abstract type, so you can't create it (Instead, you create instances of types derived from delegate). We should clarify that on these two pages.