primitive /ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/noun 9adjective 8forms 3phrases 1 noun9 •A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures. •Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.A write-what-where primitive allows the attacker to write arbitrary data wherever they want in the memory — 2021 •A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed. •A member of a primitive society. •A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative. •Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.It may be that, living among primitive surroundings, the dormant primitive deep within the white man is drawn towards the absolute primitive in the aboriginal. — 1937 •Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.Out there in the primitive, white-man Rust had made his tools out of the primitive, as these stone-age people were making excellent string from the primitive. — 1937 •An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative. •A simple-minded person. adjective8 •Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.it is from such primitive beings that the highest organisms now extant are the marvellously developed descendants — 1895 •Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution. •Crude, obsolete. •Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.The intermediate stations were of the most primitive type. — 1951 •Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.I used primitive hearts to decorate the quilt. •Original; primary; radical; not derived.The primitive root in "children" is "child." •Not derived from another of the same type •(old-fashioned) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of formsprimitives · more primitive · most primitive Phrases with primitive primitive typeA data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean.
