Fundamentals of Python Programming
Software
A computer program is an example of computer _____
\
A symbol that signifies that the character that follows it is a control code, not a literal character
Undefined Variable/unbound variable
A variable that has not been assigned is called
Assignment
An _________ statement associates a value with a variable
Class
An expression's type is sometimes denoted as its _____
float
Any literal numeric value with a decimal point in a Python program automatically has the type _____
\a
Control code for alert
\b
Control code for backspace
\f
Control code for form
\n
Control code for new line
\t
Control code for tab
Function that enables a Python program to display textual information to the user
Triple quotes
Python provides way to represent a string's layout more naturally within source code, using ___________
floating-point numbers
Python supports such noninteger numbers, and they are called
=
Symbol for assignment operator
bool
Syntax for boolean in programming
sep
Syntax for separator
Target code
The corresponding machine language code is called the _________
Source code
The higher-level language code is called ______
Logic Errors
The program contains an error, but the interpreter is unable to detect the problem
George Boole
The word "Boolean" came from a British Mathematician named _____
Positional parameters
This is known as placeholders
Body
This part of the if statement is sometimes called the _____
Bugs
Undiscovered run-time errors and logic errors that lurk in software are commonly called ______
Computing professionals or software engineers
_______ develop software to drive particular systems
Debugger
allows a programmer to more easily trace a program's execution in order to locate and correct errors in the program's implementation
Editor
allows the programmer to enter the program source code and save it to files
Boolean Expression
also called as predicate, may only have true or false outcome.
Integers
are whole numbers, which means they have no fractional parts, and they can be positive, negative, or zero
Run-time Exceptions
arise after the interpreter's translation phase and during the program's execution phase
Profiler
collects statistics about a program's execution allowing developers to tune appropriate parts of the program to improve its overall performance
Concatenation
combination of 2 string
Compound Boolean Expression
combination of two or more Boolean expression using logical operators
Control codes
control the way the console window or a printer renders text
Guido van Rossum
created the Python programming language in the late 1980s
Condition
is a Boolean expression that determines whether or not the body will be executed
Else-block
is a block of one or more statements to be executed if the condition is False
Block
is a block of one or more statements to be executed if the condition is true
If-block
is a block of one or more statements to be executed if the condition is true
Boolean Algebra
is a branch of discrete math that is dedicated to the study of the properties and the manipulation of logical expressions
Tuple
is a comma-separated list of expressions
Syntax Error
is a common error that the interpreter can detect when attempting to translate a Python statement into machine language
Algorithm
is a finite sequence of steps, each step taking a finite length of time, that solves a problem or computes a result
Computer program
is a sequence of instructions that dictate the flow of electrical impulses within a computer system
Identifier
is a word used to name things
Statement
is an instruction that the interpreter executes
Interpreter
is like a compiler, in that it translates higher-level source code into target code
Python
is used for software development at companies and organizations such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, CERN, Industrial Light and Magic, and NASA
Software
is written to be used on real computer systems
Delimit
means to determine the boundaries or limits of something
Evaluation
process of determining the expression's value
Syntax
refers to the way pieces of the language are arranged to make well-formed sentences
Truncation
removing the decimal part of a float is called ______
Variable
represents a value stored in the computer's memory
Relational operators
simplest kinds of boolean expression to compare two expressions
Reserved words
these words are special and are used to define the structure of Python programs and statements
Compiler
translate one computer language into another
Interpreter
translates the Python code into machine code when a user runs the program
Precedence
when an expression contains two different kinds of operators, which should be applied first?
Associativity
when an expression contains two operators with the same precedence, which should be applied first?
