Python Terms and definitions
Automation: The process of replacing a manual step with one that happens automatically
Client-side scripting language: Primarily for web programming; the scripts are transferred from a web server to the end-user’s internet browser, then executed in the browser
Code editors: Tools to provide features, including syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, error checking, and autocompletion
Computer program: A step-by-step list of instructions that a computer follows to reach an intended goal
Functions: A reusable block of code that performs a specific task
IDE: A software application that provides comprehensive facilities for software development
Interpreter: The program that reads and executes code
Input: Information that is provided to a program by the end user
Logic errors: Errors in code that prevent it from running correctly
Machine language: Lowest-level computer language. It communicates directly with computing machines in binary code (ones and zeros)
Object-oriented programming language: Most coding elements are considered to be objects with configurable properties
Output: the end result of a task performed by a function or computer program
Platform-specific scripting language: Language used by system administrators on those specific platforms
Programming: The process of writing a program to behave in different ways
Programming code: A set of written computer instructions, guided by rules, using a computer programming language
Programming languages: Language with syntax and semantics to write computer programs
Python: A general purpose programming language
Python interpreter: Program that reads and executes Python code by translating Python code into computer instructions
Script: Often used to automate specific tasks
Semantics: The intended meaning or effect of statements, or collections of words, in both human and computer languages
Syntax: The rules for how each statements are constructed in both human and computer languages
Variables: These are used to temporarily store changeable values in programming code
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