Noun (thing)
    
  
    Primitive type  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        basic data types such as: boolean, byte, char, double, float, int, long, and short        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      Pure object-oriented programming languages such as Ruby and Smalltalk do not contain any primitive types.