typning

Typning is a term used in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish to describe the act of typing text on a keyboard. It can refer to both the practical activity of entering characters with a keyboard and to related topics such as keyboard layouts, input methods for languages with special characters, and typing pedagogy.

In computing contexts, typning may be used to denote type systems and type checking, i.e., the process by which a programming language assigns and enforces data types. This area distinguishes static typing (type checking at compile time) from dynamic typing (type checking at runtime), and strong versus weak typing. Type inference allows the compiler or interpreter to deduce types automatically. Language examples include Java and C++ as static-typed languages, and Python and JavaScript as dynamically typed. Strong typing aims to prevent certain kinds of type errors by restricting operations on mismatched types, whereas weak typing allows implicit conversions that can lead to runtime errors.

Historically, the use of typning in Scandinavian tech literature mirrors English discussions of typing and type checking and reflects the shared linguistic roots in the Latin typus and the Greek typos. In practice, the term is not common in English-language sources, where typing and type checking are standard terms. The dual usage in Scandinavian languages mirrors the general overlap between language input and programming language theory.