Data Types and Data Structures Introduction Quiz

The basic elements of a specification of a data type are to provide a facility to allow the programmer to define new data types.

Primitive data types are also called base types, scalar types, unstructured types, or elementary types.

A data type is a set of values, together with a set of operations on those values having certain properties.

<p>Numeric data types are types used to represent numeric values such as integers and floating-point numbers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Algol-like languages such as Pascal, Algol68, C, Modula-2, Ada, and C++ classify types according to a basic scheme with minor variations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primitive Data Types and Composite Data Types</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Integers and Floating-Point Numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vectors, Arrays, Slices, Associative Arrays, Records, Unions, Lists, Sets, Pointers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A collection of bits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Program data can be classified either implicitly or explicitly</p> Signup and view all the answers