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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

data type

A formal description of the kind of data being stored or manipulated within a program or system, e.g. alphabetic data, numeric data or logical data.

Related terms
symbol tablealphanumeric datacharfloat typenumeric data typenumeric field typenumeric typereal typeuser-defined data typevariable typedeclare a variableidentifierstring datafield typerecord
Term sub categories
Programming › data types
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