What is the difference between ManualResetEvent and AutoResetEvent in .NET?

Question

I have read the documentation on this and I think I understand. An AutoResetEvent resets when the code passes through event.WaitOne(), but a ManualResetEvent do

Answer 1

The short answer is yes. The most important difference is that an AutoResetEvent will only allow one single waiting thread to continue. A ManualResetEvent on the other hand will keep allowing threads, several at the same time even, to continue until you tell it to stop (Reset it).