Type may refer to: In philosophy: A type is a category of being Type-token distinction Type theory, basis for the study of type systems In mathematics: Type (model theory) Type or Arity, the number of operands a function takes Type, any proposition or set in the Intuitionistic type theory In computing: Data type, collection of values used for computations Type (command), a shell command. Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types In sociology: Ideal type N… (More on Type)