Meaning

• An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

• A member of a primitive society.

• A simple-minded person.

• A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.

• Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.

• A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.

• A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

Meaning

• Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.

  "primitive innocence;   the primitive church"

• Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.

  "a primitive style of dress"

• Crude, obsolete.

  "primitive ideas"

• (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.

  "a primitive verb"

• Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

• Not derived from another of the same type

• Most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of