primitive type

English

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.

Antonyms

• composite type

Hypernyms

• type

Hyponyms

Hyponyms

• boolean
• byte
• character
• double
• float
• integer
• long
• short

Related terms

• built-in type
• reference type

Translations

Translations

• Greek: αρχέγονος τύπος δεδομένων (el) m (archégonos týpos dedoménon), αρχέγονος τύπος (el) m (archégonos týpos)