excuse my ignorance, piece of code in hello world

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IrrlichtDevice *device;
	device=createDevice(EDT_DIRECTX9, dimension2d<s32>(1024, 768), 16,false, false, false, 0);

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	guienv->addStaticText(L"HelloWorld! Testing models", rect<int>(10,10,200,22),true);

I pretty much understand everything going on in this example code but i have no idea what the pieces dimensions2d<s32> and rect<int> mean. Int is a primative and s32 is some sord of type, is the <s3d> just a way of casting what the functions return in C++. I just dont understand the <type> syntax is this a c++ feature, never sean it in any c code before.

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Do a little research on templates, a good place is
MSDN online and the STL section.