The phrase "a specific type of program" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a particular category or classification of software or applications.
Example: "The conference will focus on a specific type of program designed to enhance productivity in remote work environments."
Alternatives: "a particular kind of program" or "a distinct category of program".
NBC has some pretty strong pilots, but given the current state of their schedule and no clear needs for any specific type of programming, the network could literally wind up going anywhere.
Platform-as-a-Service provides an environment for a specific type of application programming.
But it's rare to see such animosity directed toward a subset of clinical psychologists as Baker and his colleagues directed toward those who have graduated from a specific type of clinical psychology program.
Life skills training can be regarded as a specific type of cognitive-behavioral program, one that addresses self-management and social skills (decision-making, anxiety management, communication, assertiveness).
We have recently shown that a specific type of financial-incentive program, scholarships in return for a commitment to deliver antiretroviral treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa, is highly cost-beneficial under a wide range of assumptions [ 17].
An often-cited and more specific definition by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) delineates virtual patients as "A specific type of computer-based program that simulates real-life clinical scenarios; learners emulate the roles of health care providers to obtain a history, conduct a physical exam, and make diagnostic and therapeutic decisions" [ 15].
The findings of the sample of parenting support interventions specifically show that this specific type of program is predominated by targeted preventive interventions, which suits social investment ideas that target specific social risk, and hence specific social risk groups (Jenson and Saint-Martin 2006).
Bradbury et al [ 18] compared a specific type of HMO with traditional insurance programs by hospital, thus keeping hospital characteristics constant.
Note that although a specific type of modeling is presented here, our current program allows for a certain amount of flexibility in the model specification.
