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typechecking

typechecking noun: the process of verifying whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.

Noun

typechecking (uncountable)

  1. The process of verifying whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.

Origin of typechecking

From type + checking.

Questions about typechecking

What does typechecking mean?
Typechecking means the process of verifying whether a given value belongs to a certain data type.
What part of speech is typechecking?
Typechecking is a noun.

Words near typechecking in the dictionary

  1. typecasts
  2. typecheck
  3. typechecked
  4. typechecker
  5. typecheckers
  6. typechecking
  7. typechecks
  8. typeclass
  9. typeclasses
  10. typecutter
  11. typecutters

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