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Summary
Name	Python Source Code File
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Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/938
Family
Classification	Text (Structured)
Disclosure
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.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
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/