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Format

Python Source Code File

Summary

Name
Python Source Code File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/938
Format type
Text (Structured)
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.
Note
Official documentation can be accessed at https://www.python.org/doc/
File extensions
py
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Changelog

  • Updated in V112

    Release date
    10 May 2023

    Python Source Code File: Updated name and description and added a link to the official documentation. Submitted by Stadtarchiv Hof (Municipal Archives of Hof, Free State of Bavaria, Germany).

  • Added in V86

    Release date
    27 July 2016

    Python Script File: Full entry added.