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type definition - computer

(1) In data or text entry, to press the keys on the keyboard.

(2) In programming, a category of variable that is determined by the kind of data stored in it. For example, integer, floating point, string, logical, date and binary are common data types.

(3) (Type) In DOS and OS/2, a command that displays the contents of a text file. See DOS Type.


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Try Typing on These Keys!

This was high tech in the 1890s, but it wasn't so easy tapping these keys. Notice there's no QWERTY keyboard. Considered the first portable typewriter, George Blickensderfer created this beauty in 1893. (Equipment courtesy of Dorothy Hearn.)






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