Basic types aka scalars

The basic non-vector types are:

• bool: conditional type, values may be either true or false
• int: a signed, two's complement, 32-bit integer
• uint: an unsigned 32-bit integer
• float: an IEEE-754 single-precision floating point number
• double: an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number

Vector

Each of these scalars can have 2, 3 and 4 component vector equivalents

I facepalmed for not realizing 'scalar' referred to scaling

Vectors, what even are they? | Essence of linear algebra, chapter 1

There are 3 understandings of what a vector is.

• A phsysics student learns its that vectors are arrows pointing in space. What defines a given vector is its length and the direction its pointing in.
• The computer science student learns that vectors are ordered lists of numbers. In this case vector is just a fancy word for list.
• The mathmatician understand both definitions.