Looking at what a data type is and what it determines. The 5 data types on the course are described: integer, real, Boolean, character, and string. What casting is and where it should be used is also covered.
Made for OCR GCSE Computer Science Paper 2 (J277).
Part of the 2.2 Programming fundamentals topic: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL04uZ7242_M4pymsi3eAJu-4lzRlNRFlv&feature=shared
Full Paper 2 playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL04uZ7242_M4mI9S3BRTrkfAm3ifo-s53&feature=shared
0:00 What is a data type and why are they needed?
1:54 Going through the 5 data types
3:25 What casting is, and where you might use it
