Type

Type may refer to:

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.

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, 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