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What are the default Drupal field types
When you add fields you can choose from some default field types which are prepackaged with every Drupal installation:
- Boolean-a field type for adding checkboxes/buttons on the create/edit page in the admin panel
- Decimal-a field type used for inputting numbers
- Float-another field type for inputting numbers
- Integer-a field type for natural numbers without decimals
- File-a field for attaching files
- List (float, integer, and text)-a field for including on the create/edit page in the admin panel a list of items
- Long text-a field type intended for inputting text
- Long text and summary-another field type for inputting text, but with the option to include a summary
- Text-a field for short texts
- Term reference-a field type for links to content/pages. Useful, for example, for adding tags to content items (nodes)
For more details you can also read the Drupal field types tutorial.