data type

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data type

Summary

data type is a type of property[1]. It draws 371 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_property category, ranking #11 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • data type's instance of is recorded as type of property[3].
  • data type's instance of is recorded as variable-order class[4].
  • data type's instance of is recorded as metaclass[5].
  • data type is a type of type[6].
  • data type is used for computer science[7].
  • data type's Commons category is recorded as Data types[8].
  • data type's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Data types[9].
  • data type's described at URL is recorded as https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/data-types-in-programming/[10].
  • data type's facet of is recorded as data classification (data management)[11].
  • data type's topic has template is recorded as Template:Data types[12].
  • data type's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/types[13].
  • data type's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/data-types[14].
  • data type's used by is recorded as type system[15].
  • data type's different from is recorded as data structure[16].
  • data type's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[17].
  • data type's exact match is recorded as https://www.w3.org/2003/12/exif/ns#datatype[18].
  • data type's exact match is recorded as https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Datatype[19].
  • data type's is metaclass for is recorded as assignable variable[20].
  • data type's characteristic of is recorded as data[21].
  • data type's characteristic of is recorded as assignable variable[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of property[3], variable-order class[4], and metaclass[5]. data type is a type of type[6].

Use and Application

data type is used for computer science[7]. Its used by is recorded as type system[15].

Why It Matters

data type draws 371 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_property category, ranking #11 of 47).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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