* token:
One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language.
* script:
a program stored in a file (usually one that will be interpreted)
* symentic error (logic error):
An error in a program that makes it do sth. other than what the programmer intended
* symentics:
the meaning of a program
* Python shell:
An interactive user interface to the Python interpreter
* byte code:
source code -> byte code -> object code
* object code:
the output of the compiler after it translates the program
* executable(= object code):
another name for object code that is ready to be exectued
* interpret:
to execute a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time
* parse:
To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure

* compiler vs interpreter:
** compiler: convert source code into object code before execution
** -> It will stick to the OS, os it's not portable.
** -> overall: quick, but not portable
** interpreter: convert source code into object code when executing
** -> It requires an interpreter when executing the source code, but it will be portable to all OS.
** -> overall: slow, but portable

? JAVA is portable but is a compiled type ?