Python

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Python may refer to:

Snakes

• Pythonidae, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia known as pythons
  • Python (genus), a genus of nonvenomous Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia

Ancient Greece

• Python (mythology), a serpent, the earth-dragon of Delphi
• Python of Aenus (4th-century BCE), student of Plato
• Python of Byzantium, orator, diplomat of Philip II of Macedon
• Python of Catana, poet who accompanied Alexander the Great

Computing

• Python (programming language), a computer programming language
  • CPython, the reference implementation of the Python programming language
• Python, a native code compiler for CMU Common Lisp
• Python, the internal project name for the PERQ 3 computer workstation

Media and entertainment

• Python (film), a 1999 horror film by Richard Clabaugh
  • Pythons 2 or Python II, the 2002 film sequel (year when other sequel New Alcatraz was also released)
  • Boa vs. Python, the 2004 sequel
• Monty Python, a British comedy troupe

Engineering

Roller coasters

• Python (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay), a defunct roller coaster at Busch Gardens Africa
• Python (Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio), a D.P.V. Rides designed Zyklon-style steel roller coaster that operated from 1996 to 1999 at Splash Zone Water Park but was relocated to Coney Island at the end of the 1999 season
• Python (Efteling), a roller coaster in Efteling, the Netherlands

Weaponry

• Colt Python, a .357 Magnum caliber revolver
• Python (missile), a series of Israeli air-to-air missiles

Vehicles

• HMS Python, a former name for the submarine HMS Pandora (N42)
• Armstrong Siddeley Python, an early turboprop engine
• Wolseley Python, an early aero engine
• Python (automobile maker), an Australian car company
• Python (Ford prototype), a Ford prototype sports car

See also

• Pyton, a Norwegian adult humour magazine
• Cython, a programming language superset of Python with a foreign function interface for invoking C/C++ routines
• 2013 New Brunswick python attack, an incident in which an African rock python killed two boys