Categories of Access modifiers seems to be incorrect

[aditimantri2196]

Are there seriously six access modifiers in c#?

The brief provided for "private protected" should be the brief for "protected internal" instead. And, does "private protected" access modifier seriously exist? If it does what does this exactly do?

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[svick]

Are there seriously six access modifiers in c#?

Yes.

The brief provided for "private protected" should be the brief for "protected internal" instead.

It should not. protected internal means the member is accessible from the containing class, derived classes or types in the same assembly.

And, does "private protected" access modifier seriously exist? If it does what does this exactly do?

It does exist since C# 7.2, see this page. It does what its description says: it means the member is accessible from the containing class or types that are both derived and within the same assembly.