Definitions

External Terms

Script

The text file in which Python programs are written. Called so as it is used to operate other programs

Module

A Python Script containing functions with or without classes and global variables.

Package

A collection of Modules in a directory

Source file

Alternative name for python programs.

IDLE

The Interactive Development Environment of Python. It is a python terminal prompt

Console

(usually) an upgraded version of IDLE with facility to embed graphics

IPython

Enhanced interactive python terminal. supports all python terminal operations along with shell commands and more.

IDE

This is a sophisticated text editor to write and check code.

Internal Terms

Comment

Used for making notes. Starts with a #

Docstring

Short for Documentation String. Used for multi-line commenting and for writing documentation within the code. Starts and terminates with ’’’ or “““.