data is meaningless.

it is a sequence of letters , symbols and numbers

241299 this is meaningless
24/12/99 this has meaning now because you add structure because its a D.O.B

local or boolean

Data stored in boolean form can only be one of two available values.#

Yes no true

Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric data is any combination of letters, numbers and symbols
(@#|\/>< etc.)

I like fish

Real

A real number is one which has decimal places.

12.4

Integer

Integer numbers are whole numbers, no bits, no decimal places.

4

date
Dates can be stored in many different forms.
21/04/1990