Language Primitive
In computing, language primitives are the simplest elements available in a programming language. A primitive is the smallest 'unit of processing' available to a programmer of a particular machine, or can be an atomic element of an expression in a language.
Primitives are units with a meaning, i.e. a semantic value in the language. Thus they're different from tokens in a parser, which are the minimal elements of syntax.
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