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type hinting

type hinting noun: the specification of data types in an otherwise untyped language, to indicate variables having a particular type.

Noun

type hinting (uncountable)

  1. The specification of data types in an otherwise untyped language, to indicate variables having a particular type.

Questions about type hinting

What does type hinting mean?
Type hinting means the specification of data types in an otherwise untyped language, to indicate variables having a particular type.
What part of speech is type hinting?
Type hinting is a noun.

Words near type hinting in the dictionary

  1. type foundries
  2. type foundry
  3. type genera
  4. type genus
  5. type hint
  6. type hinting
  7. type hints
  8. type holder
  9. type holders
  10. type I error
  11. type I errors

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