a particular kind of data item, as defined by the values it can take, the programming language used, or the operations that can be performed on it.
in outsystems every piece of data, like a variable, is of a certain data type, that dictates what sort of operations can be applied to it
Between 1960 and 2000 , however , the state 's population grew by 30.4 percent to 6,080,485 .