types

Varieties or keyboards

Types are categories or kinds—ways of sorting things by shared characteristics.

A type of person, a type of cuisine, a blood type.

To type is to write using a keyboard, or to classify: The nurse typed his blood.

Someone's type is what attracts them romantically: Tall and dark is my type.

In printing, type is the physical or digital letterforms used to set text.

categories

kinds

Distinct categories or types

  • sortsClassifies or kinds
  • varietiesDistinct forms within category
  • classesInstructional sessions or groupings

categories · genres · species · breeds · forms · styles · classifications · groups · subtypes · variations

data

integer

Number lacking fractions

  • stringSlender fiber or character sequence
  • booleanTrue-or-false valued
  • floatBuoyant object or vehicle

array · object · variable · declaration · casting · primitive · class · struct · null · undefined

printing

fonts

Character set designs

italic · letterpress · Gutenberg · typesetting · characters · blocks · print · foundry · woodblock · kerning

personality

MBTI

Psychological typing system

temperament · archetypes · INFJ · traits · psychological · profiles · Jung · cognitive functions · assessment · indicator

typing

keyboard

Array of input keys

QWERTY · carpal tunnel · fingers · accuracy · practice · transcription · dictation · typos · input · secretarial

blood

A

Highest academic mark

  • BAlphabet runner-up
  • ABABO group category
  • OFifteenth alphabet character

positive · negative · Rh factor · transfusion · donor · compatibility · antigens · antibodies · crossmatch · universal donor

Categories
Opposites
type vs. token

typestokens

Currency substitutes

instances · specimens · particulars · occurrences · individuals

type vs. antitype

typesfulfillments

Achieved desires or goals

realizations · counterparts · archetypes

order vs. disorder

typesdisorders

Abnormal physical or mental conditions

chaos · disorganization · randomness · miscellany · hodgepodge

Phrases
Family

type, typical, typing, typed, prototype, stereotype, typically, archetype, atypical

Familiarity
Top 3,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G