Difference between size_t and unsigned int?

Question

I am so confused about size_t. I have searched on the internet and everywhere mentioned that size_t is an unsigned type so, it can represent only n

Answer 1

size_t is used to store sizes of data objects, and is guaranteed to be able to hold the size of any data object that the particular C implementation can create. This data type may be smaller (in number of bits), bigger or exactly the same as unsigned int.