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Python
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| interpreter | a program that runs scripts written in an interpreted language such as Python |
| IDLE | an Integrated DeveLopment Environment for Python |
| integer | a whole number |
| float | a floating point number |
| exponentiation | raising of one number to the power of another |
| string | one of the basic types in Python that store text |
| concatenation | addition of two or more strings |
| variable | placeholder for texts and numbers that is used to store a value |
| Boolean | represents one of the following two values: True and False |
| elif | short for else it |
| break | used to terminate a loop |
| function | a parameterized sequence of statements |
| argument | a value passed to find a function (or method) when calling it |
| parameter | a named entity in a function (or method) definition that specifies an argument that the function can accept |
| docstrings | a string literal that occurs as the first statement in a module, function, class, or method definition |
| PyPI | Python Package Index. Stores third-party Python modules |
| exception | means of breaking out of the normal flow of control of a code block in order to handle errors or other exceptional conditions |
| None | the absence of a value |
| dictionary | a built-in Python data type composed of arbitrary keys and values |
| tuple | a built-in Python datatype, which is an immutable ordered sequence of values |
| anonymous function | functions that are not bound to a name |
| lambda | a shorthand to create anonymous functions |
| iterable | a container object capable of returning its members one at a time |
| predicate | a function that returns a Boolean |
| generator | a function which returns an iterator |
| yield | returns a value from a generator function |
| decorator | a function that modifies another function or method |
| method | like a function, but it runs "on" an object |
| def | defines a function or method |
| immutable | cannot be changed after its created |
| literals | notations for constant vales of some built-in types |
| Zen of Python | listing of Python design principles and philosophies that are helpful in understanding and using the language effectively |
| mutable | objects that can change their value |
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