Python

Python

1. a high-level, general purpose progamming language

   • used by Google
     • DropBox
     • NASA

2. algothrim

   • small steps/tasks/calculation to be completed for a problem
   • a procedure
   • like a recipe
   • steps must be in order

3. sequences

   • a particular order for things
   • follow task in order - one after the other

4. 3 basic progamming structure

   • selection
   • loop
   • sequence

5. .py

   • saved as a python document
   • so the computer opens the correct software

6. Variables

   • a variable is a location in memory which temporarily stores numbers and text
   • a variable name can only contain numbers, letters and underscores and cannot begin with a number
   • a is variable

7. strings

   • they are surrounded by quotation marks
   • you can assign strings to variables
   • they are a collection of characters
   • they are an array of bytes

8. if paragraph 3 single quotation marks or 3 double quotation marks