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StreamWriter outFile = File.CreateText ¬
    ("output1.txt");

In the above line of what, what is File. I see that StreamWriter is a class, outFile is our instance of that class, and CreateText would be a method. But what is the "File." before the CreateText method?

Normally when I have created any type of instance it's looked like this,

ClassName instance = new ClassName

Thing have gotten just a little bit more confusing without explanation. Thanks.

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File is a static class in the System.IO namespace.
It has static methods that are used to manage files.
StreamWriter is also in the System.IO namespace.

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