Editing Integer (computer science) (section)

{{short description|Datum of integral data type}}
In computer science, an '''integer''' is a [[datum]] of '''integral data type''', a [[data type]] that represents some [[interval (mathematics)|range]] of mathematical [[integer]]s.<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199688975.001.0001/acref-9780199688975-e-2612?rskey=er6iE8&result=2905</ref> Integral data types may be of different sizes and may or may not be allowed to contain negative values. Integers are commonly represented in a computer as a group of [[binary digit]]s (bits). The size of the grouping varies so the set of integer sizes available varies between different types of computers. Computer hardware nearly always provides a way to represent a processor [[word size|register]] or memory address as an integer.