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| A statement that assigns a value to a variable. |
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| To join two operands end to end. |
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| Information in a program that is meant for other programmers (or anyone reading the source code) and has no effect on the execution of the program. |
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| To simplify an expression by performing the operations in order to yield a single value. |
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| A combination of variables, operators, and values that represents a single result value. |
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| A type that represents numbers with fractional parts. |
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| The operation that divides two numbers and chops off the fractional part. |
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| A type that represents whole numbers. |
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| A reserved word that is used by the compiler to parse a program; you cannot use keywords like if, def, and while as variable names. |
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| A memory aid. We often give variables mnemonic names to help us remember what is stored in the variable. |
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| An operator, denoted with a percent sign (%), that works on integers and yields the remainder when one number is divided by another. |
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| One of the values on which an operator operates. |
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| A special symbol that represents a simple computation like addition, multiplication, or string concatenation. |
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| The set of rules governing the order in which expressions involving multiple operators and operands are evaluated. |
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| A section of code that represents a command or action. So far, the statements we have seen are assignments and print statements. |
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| A type that represents sequences of characters. |
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| A category of values. The types we have seen so far are integers (type int), floating-point numbers (type float), and strings (type str). |
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| One of the basic units of data, like a number or string, that a program manipulates. |
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| A name that refers to a value. |
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