# Python Introduction — Python

Source: https://www.geekswithgeeks.com/en/python/py-intro

> What Python is, where it's used, and how it runs.

## What is Python?

Python is a **high-level, interpreted** language released by Guido van Rossum in 1991. It favours readability — you say more in fewer lines.

## Where it's used

Data science & AI (NumPy, PyTorch), web backends (Django, FastAPI), automation and scripting, and teaching — it's often a first language.

## Running Python

No compile step — the interpreter reads the file top to bottom.

```bash
python3 script.py     # run a file
python3               # interactive REPL
```