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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Science and technology
- Computing
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Lettering
- Sociology
- Other uses
- See also
Type may refer to:
==Science and technology== ===Computing=== Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. Data type, collection of values used for computations. File type TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. Type (Unix), a command in POSIX shells that gives information about commands. Type safety, the extent to which a programming language discourages or prevents type errors. Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types.
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