Composite data type

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.[1]

See also

  • Object composition – Method in computer programming of forming higher-level object types
  • Record (computer science) – Composite data type
  • Scalar (mathematics) – Elements of a field, e.g. real numbers, in the context of linear algebra
  • Struct (C programming language) – C keyword for defining a structured data type

References

  1. ^ Howe, Denis. "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing". foldoc.org. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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