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type safety

type safety noun: the extent to which a programming language is type-safe.

Noun

type safety (uncountable)

  1. The extent to which a programming language is type-safe.

Origin of type safety

From type + safety.

Questions about type safety

What does type safety mean?
Type safety means the extent to which a programming language is type-safe.
What part of speech is type safety?
Type safety is a noun.

Words near type safety in the dictionary

  1. type locality
  2. type metal
  3. type metals
  4. type out
  5. type punning
  6. type safety
  7. type series
  8. type shi
  9. type shit
  10. type site
  11. type sites

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