I never noticed it before, but after doing some java programming and coming back to C/C++ I've noticed there isn't a 'byte' data type.Why is that? It seems wrong to use a 'char' to store data that ...

Data types are of 2 types primitive type and reference type. Primitive types include byte, short, int, long, char (which holds one character), float, double (float and double holds decimal type), ...

The Java input/output (I/O) facilities provide a simple, standardized API for reading and writing character and byte data from various data sources. This article explores the I/O classes ...