What are the uses of “using” in C#?

Question

User kokos answered the wonderful Hidden Features of C# question by mentioning the using keyword. Can you elaborate on that? What are the uses of

Answer 1

public class ClassA:IDisposable

{
   #region IDisposable Members        
    public void Dispose()
    {            
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }
    #endregion
}

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public void fn_Data()

    {
     using (ClassA ObjectName = new ClassA())
            {
                //use objectName 
            }
    }