process and user.
+.. function:: ctermid()
+
+ Return the filename corresponding to the controlling terminal of the process.
+
+ Availability: Unix.
+
+
.. data:: environ
- A mapping object representing the string environment. For example,
+ A :term:`mapping` object representing the string environment. For example,
``environ['HOME']`` is the pathname of your home directory (on some platforms),
and is equivalent to ``getenv("HOME")`` in C.
statement: del
builtin: len
- A :dfn:`mapping` object maps :term:`hashable` values to arbitrary objects.
+ A :term:`mapping` object maps :term:`hashable` values to arbitrary objects.
Mappings are mutable objects. There is currently only one standard mapping
-type, the :dfn:`dictionary`. (For other containers see the built in
+type, the :dfn:`dictionary`. (For other containers see the built-in
:class:`list`, :class:`set`, and :class:`tuple` classes, and the
:mod:`collections` module.)