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Java Primitive Types and Objects Glossary

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Auto primitive to wrapper conversion.

Operators like += and *= combining operation with assignment.

Static methods: abs, pow, sqrt, random, min, max.

Remainder of integer division.

Explicit conversion from larger to smaller type.

Runtime exception from null reference usage.

One of eight basic Java types storing values directly in memory.

Variable storing memory address to heap object.

Immutable character sequence class in Java.

Memory area where identical literals share one object.

Converting between types using (targetType) syntax.

Auto wrapper to primitive conversion.

Automatic conversion from smaller to larger type.

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