A category of data. The broadest data types are alphanumeric and numeric. Programming languages allow for the creation of several data types, such as integer (whole numbers), floating point, binary ...

When classes are more structure than you need, tuples let you specify simple type-safe aggregates of other data types. They'll also let you create a dictionary collection…but it won't be type-safe. In ...

An elementary data structure that is supported natively by a programming language or other software development system. Strings (alphanumeric characters), integers and Boolean (yes/no) are examples of ...