Appendix A. Quick Task Answers

This appendix contains answers to all the quick task questions that appear at the end of the chapters. Now, let's have a look at the answers to respective questions.

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Questions

Answers

Q1. What is a terminal (Mac/Linux) or command prompt (Windows)?

A terminal can do all of the above.

Q2. When you first open the terminal/command prompt, what do you need to do so that you can start reading and writing the Python code?

Type the word python.

Q3. How is the Python shell different from the command line?

The Python shell is started by typing the word python into the command line.

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