Data Type

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A data type or simply type is a classification identifying one of various types of data, such as real, integer or Boolean, that determines the possible values for that type; the operations that can be done on values of that type; the meaning of the data; and the way values of that type can be stored.

Data types are used within type systems, which offer various ways of defining, implementing and using them. Different type systems ensure varying degrees of type safety.

Almost all programming languages explicitly include the notion of data type, though different languages may use different terminology. Common data types include:

integers,
booleans,
characters,
floating-point numbers,
alphanumeric strings.

Classes of data types

Primitive data types
Machine data types
Boolean type
Numeric types

Composite types
Enumerations
String and text types

Other types
Pointers and references
Function types
Abstract data types
Utility types