Python source code (.py file) is compiled into bytecode (.pyc file). The Python interpreter or virtual machine processes this bytecode for execution. This distinction is important because modern ...

It’s a virtual machine for AVR microcontrollers ... a supplemental compiler project that even takes Python code and compiles it into VM byte-code. What a nice abstraction tool for making ...

In one incident, researchers have found malware code hidden inside a Python bytecode (PYC ... Once executed on a machine, the fshec2 malicious payload collects information about the system ...

Whereas CPython compiles Python to intermediate bytecode that is then interpreted by a virtual machine ... advanced user might experiment with PyPy’s command-line options to generate faster code ...