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Extremely basic data type

In computer science, primitive data types are sets of basic data types from which all other data types are constructed. Specifically it often refers to the limited set of data representations in use by a particular processor, which all compiled programs must use. Most processors support a similar set of primitive data types, although the specific representations vary. More generally, primitive data types may refer to the standard data types built into a programming language. Data types which are not primitive are referred to as derived or composite. Wikipedia →

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