`typeof` always returns the data type in a string.

A function is a reusable piece of code. Functions are *very* important in JavaScript, to the extent that some people call JavaScript a "function-oriented" language. As mentioned above, variables can be of type function. In fact, *every function is a variable*.

Most programming languages that you'll encounter in real life are called "imperative" programming languages. JavaScript is such an imperative programming language. Imperative is another word for command-like. That is, you give the computer a bunch of commands after each other. First do this, then do that, etc.