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data type

data type noun: a classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.

Noun

data type (plural data types)

  1. A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.
    • Holonym: type system

data type meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

data type in Tamil

தரவு வகை

data type in Vietnamese

classification or category of data
loại dữ liệu

Forms of data type

pluraldata types
alternative formdatatype

Questions about data type

What does data type mean?
Data type means a classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.
What is data type in Tamil?
Data type in Tamil is தரவு வகை. See Data type meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is data type?
Data type is a noun.
What is the plural of data type?
The plural of data type is data types.

Words near data type in the dictionary

  1. data trails
  2. data transfer object
  3. data transfer objects
  4. data transfer rate
  5. data transfer rates
  6. data type
  7. data types
  8. data visualisation
  9. data visualization
  10. data warehouse
  11. data warehouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: data type (page history and authors); data type (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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