Python

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A python is a constricting snake belonging to the Python (genus), or, more generally, any snake in the family Pythonidae (containing the Python genus).

In ancient Greece

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

In 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

In media and entertainment

• Python (film), a 1999 horror film by Richard Clabaugh
  • Python II, the 2002 sequel to the above film
• Monty Python, a British comedy troupe

In roller coasters

• Python (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay), a defunct roller coaster at Busch Gardens Africa
• Python (Coney Island), 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

In weaponry

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

In 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, see Wolseley Viper
• Python (automobile maker), an Australian car company
• Python Automobile, a Ford prototype sports car

See also

• 2013 New Brunswick python attack, An incident in which an African rock python killed two boys
• Pyton, a Norwegian adult humour magazine