What are types?

Types are like labels that tell us what something is made of or how it behaves.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. Some blocks are big and heavy, they might be red bricks. Others are small and light, maybe blue cubes. Each kind of block has its own way of stacking, just like types help computers know how to handle different kinds of information.

If you try to stack a red brick on top of a blue cube, it might wobble, but that’s okay! It's like how numbers and words behave differently in a computer. A number can be added or multiplied, while a word can be written or read aloud.

When you know what kind of block you're using, you can build better towers. When a computer knows the type, it can do things like adding numbers or putting letters together in the right way, no magic needed, just rules that make everything work smoothly!