A literal is a value that is hard-coded into a source file. These are, more often than not, initial values of variables.
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Null[]
A null value can have only one value, and represents that a slot in memory has no usable value.
Boolean[]
A Boolean value represents one of two values.
Number[]
A number is a representation of any real number.
Character[]
A character represents any one of the 65535 UTF-8 characters.
String[]
"String" is the term used for an array of characters representing plaintext, such as a word or sentence.