Composite data type

In computer science, a composite data type or compound data type is any data type which can be constructed in a program using the programming language's primitive data types and other composite types. It is sometimes called a structure or aggregate type, although the latter term may also refer to arrays, lists, etc. The act of constructing a composite type is known as composition. Composite data types are often contrasted with scalar variables.

This article is about certain types in C/C++. For the concept in general, see Data type § Classification. Other relevant sections there include § Data structures and § Function types.
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