.. glossary:: kernel A Jupyter backend associated with a single programming language interpreter that executes the code in a Jupyter cell and returns the output from the executed code back to the Jupyter fronend for display. mutable Indicates that the Python object can be changed after it has been created. namespace A set of variable names that are accessible from one region or area of a program. For example, variables declared inside a Python function cannot be accessed outside of that function, because they are only availabe in that function's namespace.