typing
noun/ˈtaɪpɪŋ/
Etymology By surface analysis, type + -ing.
1
Assignment or classification by type.
- Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting
2
Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences The assignment of data types for variables.
3
The act of one who types on a keyboard.
- "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
- Derived terms
- allotyping, chemotyping, subtyping, cry-typing, histotyping, mistyping, mis-typing, oligotyping, skytyping, spacer oligonucleotide typing, typing paper, typing pool
- Related terms
- type shit, type species, typical, typification, typifying
- Hyponyms
- audio typing, blood typing, dependent typing, DNA typingtissue typing, duck typing, dynamic typing, gradual typing, latent typing, manifest typing, static typing, strong typing, substructural typing, touch-typing, touch typing, two-fingered typing, uniqueness typing, weak typing