The data u entered gets stored temporarily in the computer memory (RAM) To deal with the data entered u must assign its name and data type Data types Numeric >integer : byte , integer , long , short >non integer : single , double , decimal Characters >Char >String Miscellaneous >object (image) >date >boolean (gender) Each data occupies a storage space in computer memory *integer -> 4 bytes Each data has a range of values *byte from 0 -> 255
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