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Type

A type is a set of values supporting a certain set of operations.

Related concepts:  ValueClass

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Type system

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Wikipedia does not necessarily offer the best fitting definition of a concept. The exact meaning we attribute to the concept of Type is based on principled authoritative sources such as:

nLab - Section type theory
Types and Programming Languages - Section 1

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