If Python is interpreted, what are .pyc files?

Question

I\'ve been given to understand that Python is an interpreted language...
However, when I look at my Python source code I see .pyc files, w

Answer 1

Python code goes through 2 stages. First step compiles the code into .pyc files which is actually a bytecode. Then this .pyc file(bytecode) is interpreted using CPython interpreter. Please refer to this link. Here process of code compilation and execution is explained in easy terms.