enumerated type

programming (Or "enumeration") A type which includes in

its definition an exhaustive list of possible values for

variables of that type. Common examples include Boolean,

which takes values from the list [true, false], and

day-of-week which takes values [Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday]. Enumerated types are

a feature of strongly typed languages, including C and

Ada.

Characters, (fixed-size) integers and even floating-point

types could be (but are not usually) considered to be (large)

enumerated types.

(1996-11-28)