what does "python is an interpreted language " mean

Question

can you explain in simple words

Answer 1

To make the program, which you can run on computer, you need to translate the code you've written in programming language you use (Python in our case) into something that your operation system can execute on the hardware you use. There are two approaches. First is to do this translation before running (this type of translation is called compilation). The second approach is called interpretation and it assumes that there must be special program called 'interpreter' which will make the translation of your code and execute the result in real-time. Languages which use second approach called interpreted.

Answer 2

the commands in interpreted language are executed command after command (comparing to compiled languages where you need to finish all of the commands then compile it to machine language once)