ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary
data type
Property of a data object. ABAP interprets the content of a data object in accordance with its data type. Data types exist either
bound as a property of data objects or as
standalone data types. Standalone data types can be defined globally in
ABAP Dictionary or locally using TYPES in an
ABAP program. The
generic
data type of all data types is data.