CSE 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Machine Code, Concatenation, Newline
29 Jun 2016
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Python is a computer programming language that uses simple syntax, or a set of rules programmers must follow to write programs in a particular language. A computer program is a list of instructions the computer executes to solve well-defined problems. The instructions or steps programmers write constitutes the source code or code of the program. There are two ways to give instructions written in python to the computer: write individual instructions via the shell, which prompts us to enter input, write a complete, stand-alone application that can be run over and over. The interactive shell is a window where a single command is typed to the computer, which subsequently attempts to execute. As instructions are written into python, the interpreter reads the instructions and converts them into a form the computer"s hardware understands. The language the hardware understands is called machine language. Code must be translated into machine code for the computer to execute it.
