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Network Programmability and Automation Fundamentals
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Network Programmability and Automation Fundamentals

by Khaled Abuelenain, Jeff Doyle, Anton Karneliuk, Vinit Jain
May 2021
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1232 pages
41h 29m
English
Cisco Press
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Chapter 5

Python Fundamentals

Computer programming has gained a lot of popularity in past three decades, but what exactly is programming? Computers were designed to take sets of instructions from humans and perform those tasks. For instance, users can instruct a computer to perform a series of calculations on the numbers that can be defined statically or via user input. A computer is instructed to perform calculations via programming. Thus, programming can be defined as instructing a computer to perform various tasks. The complexities of the tasks can vary based on what a user is trying to achieve. A task may be as simple as performing some basic mathematical operations such as addition or subtraction between two numbers or as complex as rendering ...

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ISBN: 9780135183762