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Hmm - I was looking at the following code for a PyQt4 program:

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)

widget = QtGui.QWidget()
widget.resize(250, 150)
widget.setWindowTitle('simple')
widget.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

Could someone please explain what sys.argv does/means, and what it means in this context.

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sys.argv is the list of command line arguments that were passed to your python program. QApplication() may use command line arguments, as described here for example http://doc.trolltech.com/latest/qapplication.html#QApplication (this is not the python version, but the same principle applies).
Here is a example program

# myprog.py
import sys
print(sys.argv)

And its execution in a shell

$ python myprog.py --geometry=200x324 1 2 3
['myprog.py', '--geometry=200x324', '1', '2', '3']
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