What does a type followed by _t (underscore-t) represent?

Question

This seems like a simple question, but I can\'t find it with the Stack Overflow search or Google. What does a type followed by a _t mean? Such as

Answer 1

For example in C99, /usr/include/stdint.h:

typedef unsigned char           uint8_t;
typedef unsigned short int      uint16_t;
#ifndef __uint32_t_defined
typedef unsigned int            uint32_t;
# define __uint32_t_defined
#endif
#if __WORDSIZE == 64
typedef unsigned long int       uint64_t;
#else
__extension__
typedef unsigned long long int  uint64_t;
#endif

_t always means defined by typedef.