Type Explained

Type may refer to:

In philosophy:

• A type is a category of being
• Type-token distinction
• Type theory, basis for the study of type systems

In mathematics:

• Type (model theory)
• Type or Arity, the number of operands a function takes
• Type, any proposition or set in the Intuitionistic type theory

In computing:

• Data type, collection of values used for computations
• Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types

In sociology:

• Ideal type
• Normal type
• Typification

Other:

• Type (band), name of Portuguese DJ and musician Cyz (Cynthia Zamorano)
• Typeface, used in typesetting
• Typing, Pressing buttons (keys) on a keyboard to enter text
• Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types
• The yellowchair performance experience, a theatre company often abbreviated to TYPE
• Biological type, which fixes a scientific name to a taxon

See also

• Typology, the study of types
• Kind
• Category