Python may refer to:
Snakes
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Pythonidae
The Pythonidae, commonly known as pythons, are a Family (biology), family of Venomous snake, nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Ten Genus, genera and 39 specie ...
, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia
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''Python'' (genus), a genus of Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia
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Python (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Python (; '' gen''. Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi.
Mythology
Python, sometimes written P ...
, a mythical serpent
Computing
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Python (programming language)
Python is a high-level programming language, high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation.
Python is type system#DYNAMIC, dynamically type-checked a ...
, a widely used high-level programming language
* Python, a native code compiler for
CMU Common Lisp
* Python, the internal project name for the
PERQ 3 computer workstation
People
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Python of Aenus (4th-century BCE), student of Plato
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Python (painter) (ca. 360–320 BCE), vase painter in Poseidonia
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Python of Byzantium (4th-century BCE), orator, diplomat of Philip II of Macedon
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Python of Catana
Python of Catana, Magna Graecia, was a dramatic poet of the time of Alexander the Great, Alexander, whom he accompanied into Asia, and whose army he entertained with a satyric drama, called ''Agen ()'' when they were celebrating the Dionysia on t ...
, poet who accompanied Alexander the Great
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Python Anghelo (1954–2014), Romanian graphic artist
Roller coasters
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Python (Efteling), a roller coaster in the Netherlands
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Python (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay), a defunct roller coaster
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Python (Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio), a steel roller coaster
Vehicles
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Python (automobile maker), an Australian car company
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Python (Ford prototype), a Ford prototype sports car
Weaponry
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Python (missile), a series of Israeli air-to-air missiles
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Python (nuclear primary), a gas-boosted fission primary used in thermonuclear weapons
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Colt Python, a revolver
Other uses
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Python (codename), a British nuclear war contingency plan
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''Python'' (film), a 2000 horror film by Richard Clabaugh
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Monty Python or the Pythons, a British comedy group
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Python (Monty) Pictures, a company owned by the troupe's surviving members
* ''Python'', a work written by philosopher
Timon of Phlius
See also
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Pithon, a commune in northern France
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Pyton'', a Norwegian magazine
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