Python is a high level, interpreted and general purpose dynamic programming language that focuses on code readability.It has fewer steps when compared to Java and C.It was founded in 1991 by developer Guido Van Rossum.It is used in many organizations as it supports multiple programming paradigms.It also performs automatic memory management.

Applications of Python

• GUI based desktop applications
  • Image processing and graphic design applications
  • Scientific and computational applications
  • Games
• Web frameworks and web applications
• Enterprise and business applications
• Operating systems
• Language development
• Prototyping

Python has clean object-oriented design, provides enhanced process control capabilities, and possesses strong integration and text processing capabilities and its own unit testing framework, all of which contribute to the increase in its speed and productivity. Python is considered a viable option for building complex multi-protocol network applications.