Meaning of primitive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
2. A member of a primitive society.
3. A simple-minded person.
4. A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
5. Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
6. A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
7. A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

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Examples

“A write-what-where primitive allows the attacker to write arbitrary data wherever they want in the memory”

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