Python is a highlevel programming language known for its simplicity and readability. It was developed by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. Python supports multiple programming paradigms including procedural objectoriented and functional programming. It also has a large standard library that supports many common programming tasks such as connecting to web servers reading and writing files and working with data.
Python is widely used in many areas of computing from web development to data analysis artificial intelligence machine learning and scientific computing. Its also used for scripting and automation tasks.
Python is an interpreted language which means that the code can be executed as soon as it is written making it easier to debug and also making it ideal for prototyping. Its crossplatform meaning it can run on Windows macOS Linux and other systems.
Python is opensource and has a large and active community of developers who contribute to its development and create libraries and frameworks to extend its functionality.