A software-based emulation of a physical computer that runs an operating system and applications, providing an isolated and sandboxed environment with its own virtualized hardware resources, often used for software testing, development, and server virtualization.
"The developer spun up a virtual machine to test the application on different operating systems."
Written text or illustrations that accompany software and either explain how the software operates or how to use it.
"Good documentation is crucial for explaining complex software systems and aiding developers in using and contributing to the software."
A design document providing information to the Python community, or describing a new feature for Python or its processes or environment.
"PEPs help guide the development of Python by providing a formal way to propose, document, and discuss new features and changes."
A set of programming tools, libraries, and utilities used to develop software applications, typically including compilers, debuggers, build systems, and version control systems.
"The developer configured a toolchain for cross-compiling software for embedded systems."