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type system

type system noun: a way programming language classifies values and expressions into types (data types), how it can manipulate those types, and how they interact.

Noun

type system (plural type systems)

  1. A way programming language classifies values and expressions into types (data types), how it can manipulate those types, and how they interact.
    • Meronyms: types, data types; built-in type, primitive type, composite type, abstract type, abstract data type, algebraic data type, reference type, existential type, intersection type, linear type, union type
    • OCaml’s big selling point is its “type system,” which is something like Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, except that instead of just putting a squiggly green line underneath code it thinks is wrong, it won’t let you run it.2015 April 2, James Somers, “Toolkits for the Mind”, in MIT Technology Review

Forms of type system

pluraltype systems

Words formed from type system

Questions about type system

What does type system mean?
Type system means a way programming language classifies values and expressions into types (data types), how it can manipulate those types, and how they interact.
What part of speech is type system?
Type system is a noun.
What is the plural of type system?
The plural of type system is type systems.

Words near type system in the dictionary

  1. type site
  2. type sites
  3. type species
  4. type specimen
  5. type specimens
  6. type system
  7. type systems
  8. type testing
  9. type theories
  10. type theory
  11. type up

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