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primitive type

noun

Definitions

  1. A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as…

    A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean.

    • Holonym: type system

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see primitive, type: a crude, simplistic, and/or early kind (of a device or physical system).

    • The television that existed in the 1920s was of a primitive type, but it paved the way for what would come later.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for primitive type. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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