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Chapter 1

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activecode   A unique interpreter environment that allows Python to be executed from within a web browser.  
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algorithm   A general step by step process for solving a problem.  
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bug   An error in a program.  
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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.  
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codelens   An interactive environment that allows the user to control the step by step execution of a Python program  
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comment   Information in a program that is meant for other programmers (or anyone reading the source code) and has no effect on the execution of the program.  
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compile   To translate a program written in a high-level language into a low-level language all at once, in preparation for later execution.  
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debugging   The process of finding and removing any of the three kinds of programming errors. exception  
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exception   Another name for a runtime error.  
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executable   Another name for object code that is ready to be run.  
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formal language   Any one of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes, such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs; all programming languages are formal languages.  
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high-level language   A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write.  
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interpret   To execute a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time.  
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low-level language   A programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer to execute; also called machine language or assembly language.  
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natural language   Any one of the languages that people speak that evolved organically.  
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object code   The output of the compiler after it translates the program.  
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parse   To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure.  
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portability   A property of a program that can run on more than one kind of computer.  
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print function   A script that causes the Python interpreter to display a value on its output device.  
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problem solving   The process of formulating a problem, finding a solution, and expressing the solution.  
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program   A sequence of instructions that specifies to a computer actions and computations to be performed.  
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programming language   A formal notation for representing solutions.  
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Python shell   An interactive user interface to the Python interpreter. The user of a Python shell types commands at the prompt (>>>), and presses the return key to send these commands immediately to the interpreter for processing.  
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runtime error   An error that does not occur until the program has started to execute but that prevents the program from continuing.  
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semantic error   An error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended.  
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semantics   The meaning of a program.  
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shell mode   A style of using Python where we type expressions at the command prompt, and the results are shown immediately.  
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source code   A program, stored in a file, in a high-level language before being compiled or interpreted.  
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syntax   The structure of a program.  
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syntax error   An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse — and therefore impossible to interpret.  
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token   One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language.  
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