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Chapter 1. Python and Its Features > Basic Elements in a Program
Basic Elements in a Program
Every program consists of certain basic elements, a collection of literals, variables, and keywords. The next few sections explain what these terms mean.
Literals
A literal is a number or string that appears directly in a program. The following are all literals in Python:
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