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) In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, type is a command that describes how its arguments would be interpreted if used as command names. Function Where applicable, type will display the command name's path. Possible command types are: * shell ...

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

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

entire function In complex analysis, an entire function, also called an integral function, is a complex-valued function that is holomorphic on the whole complex plane. Typical examples of entire functions are polynomials and the exponential function, and any fin ...

** 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, or 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 ...

, 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 In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of such fonts that shared an overall design. In mod ...

style, e.g., "italic type" * Movable type, in letterpress printing * Sort (typesetting), in letterpress printing *

Typesetting Typesetting is the composition of text by means of arranging physical ''type'' (or ''sort'') in mechanical systems or '' glyphs'' in digital systems representing '' characters'' (letters and other symbols).Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random ...

, 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 & antitype, in

Typology Typology is the study of types or the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. Typology is the act of finding, counting and classification facts with the help of eyes, other senses and logic. Ty ...

, 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 **

Type Museum The Type Archive (formerly the Type Museum) is a collection of artefacts representing the legacy of type founding in England, whose famous type foundries and composing systems supplied the world with type in over 300 languages. The Archive was ...

, museum about the above * Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types

Architectural style An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. It is a sub-class of style in the visual arts generally, and most styles in architecture relate closely ...

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 (metaphysics), in philosophy * Type-token distinction, in logic, linguistics, and computer programming