A type determines a set of values ​​along with specific operations and methods for those values.

A type can be denoted by the name of a type, if it has one, or specified using literal type, which composes a type from existing types.

The language pre-declares certain type names. Others are introduced with type declarations. Compound types such as:

array	struct	pointer	func
interface	slice	map	chan

can be constructed using type literals.

A complete list with all pre-declared types can be found here.