# Why is there a type "Pair"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-a-type-pair/51698>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [December 12, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-a-type-pair/51698 "2020-12-12T00:56:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-a-type-pair/51698/5 "2020-12-12T09:39:26Z")

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See here for a previous (short) discussion: [https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pair-a-b-vs-tuple-a-b/](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pair-a-b-vs-tuple-a-b/)

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