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primitive data type

basic data type which can be instanciated and used with the predefined operations of a programming language, or assembled as a building block together with other instances of any type to create more complex composite data types
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primitive data type

Summary

primitive data type ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • primitive data type is a type of data type[2].
  • primitive data type is the opposite of composite data type[3].
  • primitive data type's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Primitive types[4].
  • primitive data type's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/primitive[5].
  • primitive data type's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#AtomicADT[6].

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Definition and Type

primitive data type is a type of data type[2]. It is the opposite of composite data type[3].

Why It Matters

primitive data type ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → composite data type
    Sitelink count → 15
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'en', 'es', 'hu', 'ja', 'kk', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', 'sr', 'uk', 'vi', '
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#AtomicADT"
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