IGCSE Algorithms and Pseudocode Foundations for G8 Practice Exam

Data types are the kinds of values a program can store. When a question mentions whole numbers or text, it’s talking about this broad category. A data type defines what kind of value a variable can hold (for example, integers for whole numbers, strings for text, real numbers for decimals, or a single character for chars). The term that covers all these kinds is data types. The other terms name specific kinds themselves, so they don’t fit as the general category.