python

Question 1

he process of formulating a problem, finding a solution, and expressing
it.

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problem solving

Question 2

A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for
humans to read and write.

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high-level language

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A programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer
to run; also called “machine language” or “assembly language”.

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low-level language

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A property of a program that can run on more than one kind of computer

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portability

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A program that reads another program and executes it

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interpreter

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Characters displayed by the interpreter to indicate that it is ready to take input
from the user.

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prompt

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A set of instructions that specifies a computation.

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program

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An instruction that causes the Python interpreter to display a value on
the screen.

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print statement

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A special symbol that represents a simple computation like addition, multiplication,
or string concatenation.

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operator

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One of the basic units of data, like a number or string, that a program manipulates

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value

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A category of values. The types we have seen so far are integers (type int), floatingpoint
numbers (type float), and strings (type str).

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type

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A type that represents whole numbers

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Integer

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A type that represents numbers with fractional parts.

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floating-point

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A type that represents sequences of characters.

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string

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Any one of the languages that people speak that evolved naturally.

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natural language

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Any one of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes,
such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs; all programming
languages are formal languages.

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formal language

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One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a
word in a natural language.

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token

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The rules that govern the structure of a program.

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syntax

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To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure.

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parse

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An error in a program.

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bug

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The process of finding and correcting bugs.

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debugging

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A name that refers to a value.

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variable

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A statement that assigns a value to a variable.

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assignment

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A graphical representation of a set of variables and the values they refer to.

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state diagram

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A reserved word that is used to parse a program; you cannot use keywords like if, def, and while as variable names.

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keyword

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One of the values on which an operator operates.

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operand

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A combination of variables, operators, and values that represents a single result.

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expression

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To simplify an expression by performing the operations in order to yield a single value.

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evaluate

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A section of code that represents a command or action. So far, the statements we have seen are assignments and print statements.

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statement

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To run a statement and do what it says.

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execute

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A way of using the Python interpreter by typing code at the prompt.

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interactive mode

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A way of using the Python interpreter to read code from a script and run it.

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script mode

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A program stored in a file.

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script

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Rules governing the order in which expressions involving multiple operators and operands are evaluated.

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order of operations (PEMDAS)

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To join two operands end-to-end.

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concatenate

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Information in a program that is meant for other programmers (or anyone reading the source code) and has no effect on the execution of the program.

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comment

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An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse (and therefore impossible to interpret).

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syntax error

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An error that is detected while the program is running.

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exception

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The meaning of a program.

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semantics

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An error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended.

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semantic error

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A named sequence of statements that performs some useful operation. Functions may or may not take arguments and may or may not produce a result.

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function

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A statement that creates a new function, specifying its name, parameters, and the statements it contains.

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function definition

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A value created by a function definition. The name of the function is a variable that refers to a function object.

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function object

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The first line of a function definition.

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header

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The sequence of statements inside a function definition.

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body

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A name used inside a function to refer to the value passed as an argument.

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parameter

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A statement that runs a function. It consists of the function name followed by an argument list in parentheses.

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function call

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A value provided to a function when the function is called. This value is assigned to the corresponding parameter in the function

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argument

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A variable defined inside a function. A local variable can only be used inside its function.

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local variable

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The result of a function. If a function call is used as an expression, the return value is the value of the expression.

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return value

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A function that returns a value.

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fruitful function

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A function that always returns None.

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void function

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A special value returned by void functions.

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None

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A file that contains a collection of related functions and other definitions.

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module

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A statement that reads a module file and creates a module object.

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import statement

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A value created by an import statement that provides access to the values defined in a module.

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module object

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``` The syntax for calling a function in another module by specifying the module name followed by a dot (period) and the function name. ```

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dot notation

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Using an expression as part of a larger expression, or a statement as part of a larger statement.

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composition

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The order statements run in.

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flow of execution

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A graphical representation of a stack of functions, their variables, and the values they refer to.

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stack diagram

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A box in a stack diagram that represents a function call. It contains the local variables and parameters of the function.

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frame

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A list of the functions that are executing, printed when an exception occurs.

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traceback

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An operator, denoted //, that divides two numbers and rounds down (toward negative infinity) to an integer.

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floor division

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An operator, denoted with a percent sign (%), that works on integers and returns the remainder when one number is divided by another.

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modulus operator

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An expression whose value is either True or False.

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boolean expression

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One of the operators that compares its operands: ==, !=, >, =, and <=.

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relational operator

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One of the operators that combines boolean expressions: and, or, and not.

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logical operator

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A statement that controls the flow of execution depending on some condition.

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conditional statement

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The boolean expression in a conditional statement that determines which branch runs.

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condition

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A statement that consists of a header and a body. The header ends with a colon (:). The body is indented relative to the header.

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compound statement

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One of the alternative sequences of statements in a conditional statement.

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branch

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A conditional statement with a series of alternative branches.

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chained conditional

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A conditional statement that appears in one of the branches of another conditional statement.

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nested conditional

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A statement that causes a function to end immediately and return to the caller.

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return statement

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The process of calling the function that is currently executing.

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recursion

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A conditional branch in a recursive function that does not make a recursive call.

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base case

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A recursion that doesn’t have a base case, or never reaches it. Eventually, an infinite recursion causes a runtime error.

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infinite recursion