Python is a object oriented, functional, structured, reflective, dynamic typed, high-level, interpreted, general purpose language created back in 1994 by Guido Van Rossum.
Python is written in the C programming language, that is why it is known as Cpython however there are other distros of python.
Examples : ipython, jpython etc, we are mainly going to be talking about Cpython in this guide.
Python based on usage index is a very popular language, it is second most used after javascript and it maybe the most learned language as it has a very easy syntax (one of the easiest as compared to other languages).
Python has wide application in web development, AI, machine learning, operating systems, mobile application development, data science and game development etc.