Can someone distill into proper English what a delegate is?

Question

Can someone please break down what a delegate is into a simple, short and terse explanation that encompasses both the purpose and general benefits? I\'ve tried to wrap my h

Answer 1

If you were going to delegate a task to someone, the delegate would be the person who receives the work.

In programming, it's a reference to the block of code which actually knows how to do something. Often this is a pointer to the function or method which will handle some item.