"bottom type" meaning in All languages combined

See bottom type on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bottom types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bottom type (plural bottom types)
  1. (type theory, programming) The type that is a subtype of all other types. Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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