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 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, categorization by use or function of domestic dogs

Lettering

* Type is a design concept for lettering used in typography 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, 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 mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type

Sociology

* Ideal type * Normal type * Typification

Other uses

* 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 * Type, also antitype, in Typology, in Christian theology and biblical exegesis * "Type" (song), a 1990 song by the band Living Colour * Type (designation), a model numbering system used for vehicles or military equipment * A layer in the nomenclature of aircraft, as in type certificate 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