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Navigation: X# Documentation > X# Language Reference > Types

Simple (Native) Types

By simple data types, we mean data types that are not primarily used to hold other data, e.g. Objects, Structures, Arrays, that we will see later.

Most data types are identical across all .Net languages, which makes it easier to use assemblies written in different .Net languages within one application - one of the main benefits of the framework. The simple data types are divided in various categories, with some categories containing multiple types. The following table groups data types by category:

Type	Category	.Net Name	Size in Bits
BYTE	Unsigned Integer	Byte	8
CHAR	Character	Char	16
DWORD	Unsigned Integer	UInt32	32
DECIMAL	Numeric	Decimal	96
DYNAMIC	Multi purpose	Dynamic	Reference (32 or 64 bits)
INT	Signed Integer	Int32	32
INT64	Signed Integer	Int64	64
LOGIC	Logic	Boolean	8
LONGINT	Signed Integer	Int32	32
OBJECT	Multi purpose	Object	Reference (32 or 64 bits)
PTR	Multi purpose	Intptr	Reference (32 or 64 bits)
REAL4	Floating Point	Single	32
REAL8	Floating Point	Double	64
SBYTE	Signed Integer	SByte	8
SHORT	Signed Integer	Int16	16
STRING	String	String	Reference (32 or 64 bits)
UINT64	Unsigned Integer	Uint64	64
VOID	Not a type	Void	0
WORD	Unsigned Integer	UInt16	16