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Walter, from a certain perspective, an object reference can be thought of as the actual object. I don't believe this is physically the case, but I can see how it may be taken that way in certain contexts. That doesn't mean it is wrong to look at it that way.

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Mike,
i'm enough in agreement on the rest, but on this not just.

Explain:

A ProcessId is the process ? No.
A Windowhandle is the window ? No.
A ObjectReference is the object ? No.
A VariableName is the variable ? No.
Mike is the person ? No.

Proof:
If ProcessId is the process,
then when i copy ProcessId i copy the process.
But this is false.
Then ProcessId is not the process.

The same is for Windowhandle, ObjectReference, Mike.