"primitive type" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: primitive types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} primitive type (plural primitive types)
  1. (computer science) A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean. Wikipedia link: primitive type Categories (topical): Computer science Hypernyms: type Hyponyms: boolean, byte, character, double, float, integer, long, short Related terms: built-in type, reference type Translations (Translations): αρχέγονος τύπος δεδομένων (archégonos týpos dedoménon) [masculine] (Greek), αρχέγονος τύπος (archégonos týpos) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-primitive_type-en-noun-3~Sim01u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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