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Python Vocabulary
Vocabulary for chapter 1 of Python work book
Question | Answer |
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Source Code | A program in a high-level language before being compiled. |
Syntax | The structure of a program. |
Syntax Error | An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse (and therefore impossible to interpret). |
Token | One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language. |
Byte Code | An intermediate language between source code and object code. Many modern languages first compile source code into byte code and then interpret the byte code with a program called a virtual machine |
Compile | To translate a program written in a high-level language into a low-level language all at once, in preparation for later execution. |
Executable | Another name for object code that is ready to be executed. |
High-Level Language | A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write |
Interpret | To execute a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time. |
Low Level Language | A programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer to execute; also called "machine language" or "assembly language." |