Java Glossary : algebraic data types

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algebraic data types: Algebraic data types are found in functional languages like Miranda, Dylan and Haskell. Pizza, a Java superset, also has them. What are they? If you find out, please tell me. I read the course notes but could not make any sense of them.
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