Composite data type

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In computer science, a composite data type or compound data type is a data type that consists of programming language scalar data types and other composite types that may be heterogeneous and hierarchical in nature. It is sometimes called a structure or a record or by a language-specific keyword used to define one such as struct. It falls into the aggregate type classification which includes homogenous collections such as the array and list.{{cite web|last1=Howe|first1=Denis|title=The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing|url=http://foldoc.org/aggregate+type|website=foldoc.org|accessdate=6 February 2023}}