Computer Science
- Language primitive, the simplest element provided by a programming language
- Machine code, instructions and data directly understandable by a CPU
- Primitive data type, a datatype provided by a programming language
- Geometric primitive, the simplest kinds of figures in computer graphics
- Cryptographic primitives, low-level cryptographic algorithms frequently used to build computer security systems
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