derived type

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

  derived type
  
     <programming> A type constructed from primitive types or
     other derived types using a type constructor function.  This
     term is usually applied to procedural languages such as C
     or Ada.  C's derived types are the array, function,
     pointer, structure, and union.
  
     Compare derived class.
  
     (2001-09-14)