Type may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
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Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
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Data type, collection of values used for computations.
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File type
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TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
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Type (Unix), a command in POSIX shells that gives information about commands.
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Type safety, the extent to which a programming language discourages or prevents type errors.
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Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types.
Mathematics
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Type (model theory)
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Type theory, basis for the study of type systems
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Arity or type, the number of operands a function takes
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Type, any proposition or set in the intuitionistic type theory
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Type, of an entire function
Biology
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Type (biology), which fixes a scientific name to a taxon
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Dog type, categorization by use or function of domestic dogs
Lettering
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Type is a design concept for lettering used in typography which helped bring about modern textual printing in the publishing industry
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Type can refer to a font style, e.g., "italic type"
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Movable type, in letterpress printing
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Sort (typesetting), in letterpress printing
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Typesetting, the composition of text by means of arranging types
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Typeface, the overall design of lettering used in a collection of related fonts
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Type design, the art and process of designing typefaces
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Type foundry, a company that designs or distributes typefaces
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Typewriter, a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type
Sociology
Other uses
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Type (acting), a way of characterizing an actor by the sort of role they are well-suited for or fit into easily, or by their performance style
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Type, also antitype, in Typology, in Christian theology and biblical exegesis
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"Type" (song), a 1990 song by the band Living Colour
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Type (designation), a model numbering system used for vehicles or military equipment
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A layer in the nomenclature of aircraft, as in type certificate and type rating
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Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types Architectural style subcategories
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U.S. Navy type commands, senior commands for the specific "type" of weapon system (i.e., naval aviation, submarine warfare, surface warships) employed
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Type of Constans, a 648 edict issued by Byzantine Emperor Constans II
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Type-token distinction, in logic, linguistics, and computer programming
See also
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Typology (disambiguation), the study of types
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Categorization
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Kind (disambiguation)
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