data type

data type

See also: datatype

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data type (plural data types)

  2. (programming) A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.
    Hypernym: type (elliptically synonymous)
    Hyponyms: built-in type, primitive type, composite type, abstract type, abstract data type, algebraic data type, reference type, existential type, intersection type, linear type, union type
    Holonym: type system

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