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Java primitive data type
subject			fact

Java primitive data type	has part Java primitive data type name
	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is normally used instead of wrapper class instances for arithmetic
	is a kind of Java data type
data abstraction	groups the pieces of data that describe some entity, so that programmers can manipulate that data as a unit
	helps a programmer to cope with the complexity of data
	hides the details of data

Kinds of Java primitive data type :

• boolean (5 facts)
• byte (7 facts)
• char (5 facts)
• double (6 facts)
• float (6 facts)
• int (6 facts)
• long (4 facts)
• short (4 facts)