Type Explanation
int A 32-bit (4-byte) integer value
short A 16-bit (2-byte) integer value
long A 64-bit (8-byte) integer value
byte An 8-bit (1-byte) integer value
float A 32-bit (4-byte) floating-point value
double A 64-bit (8-byte) floating-point value
char A 16-bit character using the Unicode encoding scheme
boolean A true or false value