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type system

set of rules that assign a property called type to various constructs a computer program consists of, such as variables, expressions, functions or modules
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type system

Summary

type system ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • type system's subclass of is recorded as formal system[2].
  • type system's part of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • type system's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cc54[4].
  • type system's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Type systems[5].
  • type system's described at URL is recorded as https://lambdaland.org/posts/2023-01-17_what_is_a_type_system_really/[6].
  • type system's described at URL is recorded as https://c3.ai/glossary/artificial-intelligence/type-system/[7].
  • type system's described at URL is recorded as https://sdiehl.github.io/typechecker-zoo/foundations/type-systems.html[8].
  • type system's facet of is recorded as programming language[9].
  • type system's described by source is recorded as Microsoft Learn[10].
  • type system's described by source is recorded as Scala[11].
  • type system's topic has template is recorded as Template:Type systems[12].
  • type system's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/type-systems[13].
  • type system's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7078[14].
  • type system's uses is recorded as data type[15].
  • type system's studied by is recorded as type theory[16].
  • type system's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 20740285[17].

Why It Matters

type system ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Motoko programming language Scala

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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