aggregate type

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aggregate type - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  aggregate type
  
     <programming> A data type composed of multiple elements.  An
     aggregate can be homogeneous (all elements have the same type)
     e.g. an array, a list in a functional language, a string
     of characters, a file; or it can be heterogeneous (elements
     can have different types) e.g. a structure.  In most
     languages aggregates can contain elements which are themselves
     aggregates. e.g. a list of lists.
  
     See also union.
  
     (1996-03-23)