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11404, General Purpose Datatypes (GPD), are a collection of

datatype In computer science and computer programming, a data type (or simply type) is a collection or grouping of data values, usually specified by a set of possible values, a set of allowed operations on these values, and/or a representation of these ...

s defined independently of any particular programming language or implementation. These datatypes can be used to describe interfaces to existing libraries without having to specify the language (such as Fortran or C). The first edition of this standard was published in 1996 under the title " Language-independent datatypes". The standard was revised by the responsible

sub-committee ( JTC1/ SC22 - Information Technology - Programming languages). The revised version has the new title "General Purpose Datatypes".

External links

ISO/IEC 11404:2007
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