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primitive type
subject			fact

primitive type	has definition A type where a variable of that type evaluates to the value stored in the variable
	evaluates to the value stored in the variable
	has a corresponding class in the java.lang package
	has part primitive type name
	is not an object
	is a subtopic of Variables and Data Types
	is normally used instead of wrapper class instances for arithmetic
	is a kind of type
type	limits the possible values that a variable can hold or that an expression can produce at run time
	specifies a set of value

Kinds of primitive type :

• boolean^2 (6 facts)
• floating point type (2 kinds, 18 facts)
• integral type (6 kinds, 39 facts)