Chapter 14

Question 1

persistent

Answer 1

pertaining to a program that runs indefinitely and keeps at least some of its data in permanent storage.

Question 2

format operator

Answer 2

an operator, %, that takes a format string and a tuple and generates a string that includes the elements of the tuple formatted as specified by the format string.

Question 3

format string

Answer 3

a string, used with the format operator, that contains format sequences.

Question 4

format sequence

Answer 4

a sequence of characters in a format string, like %d, that specifies how a value should be formatted.

Question 5

text file

Answer 5

a sequence of characters stored in permanent storage like a hard drive.

Question 6

directory

Answer 6

a named collection of files, also called a folder.

Question 7

path

Answer 7

a string that identifies a file

Question 8

relative path

Answer 8

a path that starts from the current directory.

Question 9

absolute path

Answer 9

a path that starts from the topmost directory in the file system

Question 10

catch

Answer 10

to prevent an exception from terminating a program using the try and except statements.

Question 11

database

Answer 11

a file whose contents are organized like a dictionary with keys that correspond to values.