Python

Python may refer to:

Snakes

• Pythonidae, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia known as pythons
  • Python (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 (painter), (ca. 360-320 BCE) vase painter in Poseidonia
• Python of Byzantium, orator, diplomat of Philip II of Macedon
• Python of Catana, poet who accompanied Alexander the Great

Media and entertainment

• Python (film), a 2000 horror film by Richard Clabaugh
  • Pythons 2, or Python II, a 2002 sequel to Python
• The Pythons, or Monty Python, a British comedy group
  • Python (Monty) Pictures, a company owned by the troupe's surviving members

Computing

• Python (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

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

Vehicles

• Python (automobile maker), an Australian car company
• Python (Ford prototype), a Ford prototype sports car

Weaponry

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

See also

• Cython, a programming language superset of Python with a foreign function interface for invoking C/C++ routines
• Pyton, a Norwegian adult humour magazine