CHAPTER 8---Primitive Data Types

Computer memory stores arbitrary bit patterns. Making sense of these patterns involves the use of data types.

Chapter Topics:

• Data Types
• Primitive Data vs. Objects
• The Eight Primitive Data Types of Java
• Numeric Data Types
• Character and Boolean Data Types
• Type Wrappers

QUESTION 1:

Say that you came across the following torn slip of paper. What can it mean?