Type may refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

Typing Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, computer keyboard, mobile phone, or calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting recognition, handwriting and speech ...

, 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.

Mathematics

* Type (model theory) * Type theory, basis for the study of type systems *

Arity In logic, mathematics, and computer science, arity () is the number of arguments or operands taken by a function, operation or relation. In mathematics, arity may also be called rank, but this word can have many other meanings. In logic and ...

or type, the number of operands a function takes * Type, any proposition or set in the intuitionistic type theory * Type, of an entire function ** Exponential type

Biology

* Type (biology), which fixes a scientific name to a taxon *

Dog type Dog types are broad categories of domestic dogs based on form, function, style of work, lineage, or appearance. Some may be locally adapted dog types (or ''landraces'') that may have the visual characteristics of a modern purebred dog. In cont ...

, categorization by use or function of domestic dogs

Lettering

* Type is a design concept for lettering used in

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

which helped bring about modern textual printing in the publishing industry * Type can refer to a font style, e.g., "italic type" *

Movable type Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable Sort (typesetting), components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric charac ...

, in letterpress printing * Sort (typesetting), in letterpress printing * Typesetting, the composition of text by means of arranging types *

Typeface A typeface (or font family) is a design of Letter (alphabet), letters, Numerical digit, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Most typefaces include variations in size (e.g., 24 point), weight (e.g., light, ...

, the overall design of lettering used in a collection of related fonts * Type design, the art and process of designing typefaces * Type foundry, a company that designs or distributes typefaces *

Typewriter A typewriter is a Machine, mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of Button (control), keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an i ...

, a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type

Sociology

Ideal type Ideal type (), also known as pure type, is a typological term most closely associated with the sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920). For Weber, the conduct of social science depends upon the construction of abstract, hypothetical concepts. The "id ...

Normal type Normal type (in German: ''Normaltyp'') is a typological term in sociology coined by the German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936). It can be considered both as a forerunner of, and a challenge to, the rather better known concept of ...

Typification Typification is a process of creating standard (''typical'') social construction based on standard assumptions. Discrimination based on typification is called typism. See also * Ideal type * Normal type * Typology References External linksTyp ...

Other uses

Type (acting) In film, television, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character, one or more particular roles, or characters having the same traits or coming from the same social ...

, 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 * Type, also antitype, in Typology, in Christian theology and biblical exegesis * "Type" (song), a 1990 song by the band Living Colour *

Type (designation) The word "type" followed by a number is a common way to name a weapon or product in a production series, similar in meaning to " mark". "Type" was used extensively by the Japanese and Chinese militaries beginning in the 1920s, and is still in curr ...

, a model numbering system used for vehicles or military equipment * A layer in the nomenclature of aircraft, as in

type certificate A type certificate signifies the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft, according to its manufacturing design (''type design''). Certification confirms that the aircraft of a new type intended for serial production is in compliance w ...

and type rating * Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types Architectural style subcategories * U.S. Navy type commands, senior commands for the specific "type" of weapon system (i.e., naval aviation, submarine warfare, surface warships) employed * Type of Constans, a 648 edict issued by Byzantine Emperor Constans II * Type-token distinction, in logic, linguistics, and computer programming