Key Terms

• catch
  • To prevent an exception from terminating a program using the try and except statements.
• newline
  • A special character used in files and strings to indicate the end of a line.
• Pythonic
  • A technique that works elegantly in Python. “Using try and except is the Pythonic way to recover from missing files”.
• Quality Assurance
  • A person or team focused on insuring the overall quality of a software product. QA is often involved in testing a product and identifying problems before the product is released.
• text file
  • A sequence of characters stored in permanent storage like a hard drive.