This is a literal string. Instead of escaping "\" by putting two of them "\", the compiler interprets the string "as is".
Suppose you want to print the following text on the screen: "Hello \t world".
If you just need to do Console.WriteLine("Hello \t world"), then your result will be as follows:
Hello world
pay attention to the tab. This is because \ t is in tab form. However, if you use a literal, for example:
Console.WriteLine(@"Hello \t world")
then your result will be as follows:
"Hello \t world"
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