# Python script initialization

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, scripting\
**Created:** [November 11, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-script-initialization/20748 "2018-11-11T17:27:25Z")\
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To be more specific, the function system.util.getGlobals() is named that way because it _ **is** _ the global scope dictionary for legacy scripts. Each modern script module has its own global scope, more accurately called module scope.

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