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Name Python Source Code File
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/938
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Description A source code file written in Python that can be run by a Python interpreter. Python is a multi-paradigm, high-level general-purpose programming language which was conceived in the late 1980s as a successor to the ABC programming language. Its extensive standard library, as well as a steadily growing number of third-party modules, provides functions, classes and more for a wide range of tasks, including scientific computing, machine learning and web scraping.
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Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 13 Jul 2016
Source description Description was submitted by Stadtarchiv Hof (Municipal Archives of Hof, Free State of Bavaria, Germany) in v112 of PRONOM signature file.
Last updated 21 Mar 2023
Note Official documentation can be accessed at https://www.python.org/doc/
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