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In contrast to data-type objects, structure objects generally have multiple parts, which can be accessed separately. Accordingly, characters, integers, and floating-point numbers sometimes are called atomic objects, and structure objects sometimes are called compound objects.
Generally, you can refer to objects of all types by the word object, leaving it to the context to establish the precise kind of object you mean. Sometimes, you may want to be more precise by adding a specializing word, producing combinations such as structure object, data-type object, atomic object, and compound object.