Computational constructs or components which are not broken down (in a given context, such as a programming language).

''What?''


''I'm not sure what the original poster intended, but here's what I think of when I hear of computation primitives:''

Imperative language primitives:
* sequence
* selection
* iteration

object-oriented language primitives:
* send
* receive
* ...

LogicProgrammingLanguage primitives:
* ...
* matching
* unification
* ...

functional language primitives:
* ...
* transform
* ...

relational language primitives:
* ...

Digital logic primitives:
* NAND
* wires