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Summary
Name	Python Compiled File
Version	2.7
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/939
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Description	Python automatically compiles a python script before running it, the first time the script runs it will create a .pyc in the same directory as the .py file which will then be used if the script is run again to save time by not having to re-compile the code.
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	11/2023 (v.115)- Modified the offset values in the internal signature from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Internally researched.
Last updated	14 Nov 2023
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