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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 set of possible values and a set of allowed operations on it. A data type tells the compiler or interpreter how the programmer intends to use the data. Most progra ...

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 ISO/IEC JTC 1, entitled "Information technology", is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and p ...

SC22 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces is a standardization subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Inte ...

- Information Technology - Programming languages). The revised version has the new title "General Purpose Datatypes".

External links

ISO/IEC 11404:2007
complete text of ''General purpose datatypes''. Data types #11404 {{compu-prog-stub