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title: "Describe the accessibility modifier “protected internal”."  
description: "Describe the accessibility modifier “protected internal”."  
author: "Anchal Kesharwani"  
published: 2014-09-20  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2163/describe-the-accessibility-modifier-protected-internal  
category: "c#"  
tags: [".net", "c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Describe the accessibility modifier “protected internal”.

Protected Internal variables/methods are accessible within the same assembly and also from the classes that are derived from this parent class.

## Answers

### Answer by Anchal Kesharwani

Protected Internal variables/methods are accessible within the same assembly and also from the classes that are derived from this parent class.


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