Primitive

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The adjective primitive stands for:

  • Primitivity , a term for particular simplicity
  • a biological technical term for simplicity in the sense of originality, see plesiomorphism


The noun primitive stands for:

  • Graphic primitive , simple 2 or 3-dimensional figures defined in computer graphics
  • Cryptographic primitive , a simple basic building block in encryption
  • the simplest elements in the syntax of programming languages

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