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type system

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A way programming language classifies values and expressions into types (data types), how it can manipulate those types, and how they interact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 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

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6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: tyyppijärjestelmä — type system of a programming language
  • German: Typsystem — type system of a programming language
  • Greek: σύστημα τύπων (sýstima týpon) — type system of a programming language
  • Polish: system typów — type system of a programming language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sustav tipova — type system of a programming language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sustav obilježja — type system of a programming language