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variable declared as primitive data type
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variable declared as primitive data type	does not contain object in the sense that its contents is not an instance of any class
	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is a kind of variable
variable	can refer to a particular object, several different objects during the execution of a program, or no object at all
	has scope
	has type
	should have comment if it is non-obvious