PE1: Mod 1

Mod 1: What do you call a command-line interpreter which lets you interact with your OS and execute Python commands and scripts?

A compiler

Mod 1: What do you call a tool that lets you launch your code step-by-step and inspect it at each moment of execution?

A debugger

Mod 1: What is machine code?

A low-level programming language consisting of binary digits/bits that the computer reads and understands

Mod 1: What is the definition of a script?

It's a text file that contains instructions which make up a Python program

Mod 1: Python is free, _________, and multiplatform

open source

Mod 1: What is source code?

A program written in a high-level programming language

Mod 1: What do you call a file containing a program written in a high-level programming level?

A source file

Mod 1: What is IDLE?

An acronym that stands for Integrated Development and Learning Environment for Python

Mod 1: What are the four fundamental elements that make a language?

An alphabet, a lexis, a syntax, and semantics

Mod 1: A complete set of commands is called:

An instruction list

Mod 1: What do you call a computer program which directly executes instructions written in a programming language?

An interpreter

Mod 1: Python is a good choice for creating and executing tests for __________?

Applications

Mod 1: How did Python, the programming language, get its name?

Guido van Rossum named it to honor Monty Python's Flying Circus, a BBC comedy series popular in the 1970's

Mod 1: Python is an example of:

High-level programming language

Mod 1: What version of Python is covered in this course?

Python 3

Mod 1: What is CPython?

The default implementation of the Python programming language

Mod 1: What is CPython?

The default implementation of the Python programming language, reference implementation of the C language, written in Python

Mod 1: What is the expected behavior of the following program? prin("Goodbye!")

The program will generate an error message on the screen

Mod 1: What is the expected behavior of the following program?\ print("Hello!")

The program will output Hello! to the screen

Mod 1: What is the Python file extension?

py

Mod 1: What is true about compilation?

The code is converted into machine code executable by the processor, it tends to be faster than interpretation