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  1. Primitive data type

    In computer science, primitive data type is either of the following: ⁕a basic type is a data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block. Most languages allow more complicated composite types to be recursively constructed starting from basic types. ⁕a built-in type is a data type for which the programming language provides built-in support. In most programming languages, all basic data types are built-in. In addition, many languages also provide a set of composite data types. Opinions vary as to whether a built-in type that is not basic should be considered "primitive". Depending on the language and its implementation, primitive data types may or may not have a one-to-one correspondence with objects in the computer's memory. However, one usually expects operations on basic primitive data types to be the fastest language constructs there are. Integer addition, for example, can be performed as a single machine instruction, and some processors offer specific instructions to process sequences of characters with a single instruction. In particular, the C standard mentions that "a 'plain' int object has the natural size suggested by the architecture of the execution environment". This means that int is likely to be 32 bits long on a 32-bit architecture. Basic primitive types are almost always value types.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of primitive data type in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of primitive data type in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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