composite data type

Any data type which can be constructed in a program using the programming language's primitive data types and other composite types

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Also known as compound data type · composite type · compound type · structure · aggregate data type

Subclass of: data type

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In computer science, a composite data type or compound data type is a data type that consists of programming language scalar data types and other composite types that may be heterogeneous and hierarchical in nature. It is sometimes called a structure or a record or by a language-specific keyword used to define one such as struct. It falls into the aggregate type classification which includes homogenous collections such as the array and list.

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Opposite of: primitive data type

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