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| A named group of instructions that accomplishes some task |
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| A routine may be invoked/called as many times as needed in a given program |
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| Python's version of a program routine |
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| Also Known As "arguments" which are the values passed to functions to be operated on |
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| AKA "Parameters" which are the placeholder names for the arguments passed |
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| A program routine called for its return value, and is therefore similar to a mathematical function |
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| An action other than returning a function value, such as displaying output on the screen |
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| Non-Value-Returning Function |
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| A function called for its side effects and not for a returned function value |
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| Correspondence of actual arguments and formal parameters is determined by the order of arguments passed and not their names |
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| An argument that can be optionally provided in a given function call. When not provided, corresponding parameter provides a default value |
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| Variable that is only accessible from within the function it resides. |
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| Variable defined by outside of any function definition. Bad programming practice |
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| Contains set of attributes stored in set of instance variables and set of functions called methods that provide its behavior |
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| Value that references or points to location of another entity. |
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| Value a reference points to |
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| A method of determining which locations in memory are no longer in use |
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| Variable's reference value that can be determined with this ID |
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| When one variable is assigned to another, it is this value that is assigned. |
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| Elements within each list are not copied |
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| This operation makes a complete copy of a list |
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| Refers to design/implementation of specific functionality to be incorporated into a program |
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| Specification of what it provides and how it is to be used |
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| Any program code making use of a given module |
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| A string literal denoted by triple quotes used in Python for providing specification of certain program elements |
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| File containing Python definitions and statements |
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| Standard (Built-In) Modules |
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| Python Standard Library contains set of these modules |
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| Provides context for set of identifiers |
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| When two otherwise distinct entities with same identifier becomes part of same scope |
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| Identified as first "top-level" module executed |
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| With this form of import, imported identifiers become part of importing module's namespace. Preferred form of import in Python |
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| All variables in Python are public. Variables beginning with 2 underscores are intended to be private |
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| Used to output text to a file |
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| Call this method to close the file after all info has been written |
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| Block of code surrounded by try and except headers |
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| Suite following the except header. |
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