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  1. Data type determines how much storage space is allocated to variables.
  2. Data type determines the permissible operations on variables.
  3. The variables should be declared by specifying the data type.
  1. There is a family of integer data types and floating-point data types.
  2. Characters are stored internally as integers
  3. Characters are interpreted according to the character set.
  1. The most commonly used character set is ASCII.
  2. In the ASCII character set, A is represented by the number 65.








2.1.Data Type
2.1.1.What is a data type
2.1.2.Introduction to Data Types
2.1.3.C Numeric Data Types
2.1.4.Use unsigned variables
2.1.5.Signed and Unsigned Variables
2.1.6.Get maximum and minimum values of data type
2.1.7.Multiple declarations