Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

type-in

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.26 in modern English

Syllables: type--in
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A program listing, printed in a magazine, etc., to be inputted and run by the reader.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Now, there aren't many magazines for which I'd have been prepared to write the tips pages two years running. And even fewer that would inspire me to compile their type-in pages for month after month. But YS tips and type-ins weren't like other magazines', and I didn't mind doing them at all."
"...why did we drop the type-ins, people asked. Here's why. In 1979, when COMPUTE!'s first issue appeared, personal computers were scarce. Software for those computers was even scarcer."
"The quality of the type-ins were ^([sic]) a cut above the ones found in rival magazines..."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

type-ins (plural)

Questions

What does type-in mean?: A program listing, printed in a magazine, etc., to be inputted and run by the reader.

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