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| a module that comes pre-installed with Python. |
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| much like a variable in a Python script, except that an environmental variable is stored by the computer's operating system and can be accessed by every program running on the computer. |
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A programmer can specify names to import from a module by using the from keyword in an import statement:
from module_name import name1, name2, ... |
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| a file a programmer typically writes, and pass that file as input to the interpreter. |
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| a file containing Python code that can be imported and used by scripts, other modules, or the interactive interpreter. |
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| execute the code contained by the module, and make the definitions within that module available for use by the importing program. |
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| A module being required by another program. |
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| where a dictionary of the loaded modules is stored. |
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| an environmental variable that the programmer sets in the operating system. |
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| Python standard library module that contains a number of algorithms for creating a secure hash of a text message. |
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| A secure hash correlates exactly to a single series of characters |
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