ARRAYS OBJECTS AND INTEGERS instead of one value when can have multiple values within in an object (complex) algorithms and collections of numbers -> and later objects find the biggest number, order the largest to smallest, new number placed in proper location, etc. characteristics - height, width, weight, IQ, etc. (different values) searching for the match for search, organize etc. array homogeneous - elements (same) ordered (have some methods) heterogeneous aggregate - data properties(structure, class) anarchistic (have methods) int [] numbers = new int[]; subscript index aj - > a[j] int[] a avg = all added - how many x - m = deviation for (int j=0; j