Literal

A value that is written itself in the source code.

Related concepts:  Value

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Literal (computer programming)

Misconceptions about Literal

18 documented Misconceptions

ComparisonWithBoolLiteral

To test whether an expression is True or False, one must compare it to True or to False

NoAtomicExpression

Expressions must consist of more than one piece

StringLiteralNoObject

One needs to call str to instantiate a str object from a string literal