"built-in type" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪltɪn ˈtaɪp/ [Canada] Forms: built-in types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} built-in type (plural built-in types)
  1. (computer science) A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean, but in some languages also list, hash table or first class function. Categories (topical): Computer science Related terms: primitive type, composite type

Inflected forms

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