AQA A’Level SLR01 Introduction to programming Part 1 – Data types

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AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.1.1.1
A Level 4.1.1.1

This video is one in a series of six which provides you with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of programming. In this video we take a look at: Primitive data types and how to create your own user-defined data types.

Key question:

- What is meant by the term data type?

00:00 Programming Basics- Part 1
00:06 Intro
00:12 Data Types
00:35 What is a primitive data type?
01:06 Integer
01:15 Real/float
01:32 Character
01:47 String
02:21 Boolean
02:48 Date/time
03:53 Records (or equivalent)
06:29 Arrays (or equivalent)
07:28 Pointer/reference
09:38 Casting data types
10:17 Different languages, same concept
10:42 User-defined data types example 1
12:10 User-defined data types example 2
12:34 Key Question
12:43 Going beyond the specification
12:54 Integer, real and more
13:35 Outro

Last updated: 10.04.25

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