Type may mean:
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
- Type inference, to decide the type in an automatic way using rules
In sociology:
Other:
- Type (band), name of Portuguese DJ and musician Cyz (Cynthia Zamorano)
- Typeface, used in typesetting
- Typing, Pressing buttons (keys) on a keyboard to enter text
- Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types
- The yellowchair performance experience, a theatre company often abbreviated to TYPE
- Dog type, categorisation by use or function of domestic dogs
- Biological type, which fixes a scientific name to a taxon
