Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to combine "remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive. wikipedia.org

A scripting language or script language is a programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. wikipedia.org

Flask is a lightweight web application framework written in Python and based on the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit and Jinja2 template engine. It is BSD licensed. wikipedia.org

Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems. wikipedia.org

Data scraping is a technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program. wikipedia.org

Data is information in a form suitable for use with a computer. Data is often distinguished from programs. A program is a sequence of instructions that detail a task for the computer to perform. wikipedia.org

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties (called adversaries). wikipedia.org

Functional programming is a programming paradigm (a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs) that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids changing-state and mutable data. wikipedia.org