# Data Types
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The AWS Backup API contains several data types that various actions use. This section describes each data type in detail.

**Note**  
The order of each element in a data type structure is not guaranteed. Applications should not assume a particular order.

The following data types are supported:
+  [BandwidthRateLimitInterval](API_BandwidthRateLimitInterval.md) 
+  [Gateway](API_Gateway.md) 
+  [GatewayDetails](API_GatewayDetails.md) 
+  [Hypervisor](API_Hypervisor.md) 
+  [HypervisorDetails](API_HypervisorDetails.md) 
+  [MaintenanceStartTime](API_MaintenanceStartTime.md) 
+  [Tag](API_Tag.md) 
+  [VirtualMachine](API_VirtualMachine.md) 
+  [VirtualMachineDetails](API_VirtualMachineDetails.md) 
+  [VmwareTag](API_VmwareTag.md) 
+  [VmwareToAwsTagMapping](API_VmwareToAwsTagMapping.md)