.NET: What is the object header used for?

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Published on 2010-03-24T07:58:26Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 8:03 UTC
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In .NET there are 8 bytes of overheard for each object. 4 bytes are a pointer to the object's type. What are the other 4 bytes, known as the object header, used for?

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