A short integer is an integer number which may take less storage, while having a smaller range, than a standard integer on the same machine.

A short integer is an integer number which may take less storage, while having a smaller range, than a standard integer on the same machine.

It is represented by the keyword short in several programming languages.

In c, it is required to be at least 16 bits.

In c#, short (or Short in vb.net) is an alias of System.Int16.


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