Saving variables in memory

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What is you question?

Are you wondering how Python makes a connection between a variable name and a value?
Are you asking what kind of structures Python has for saving variable values?
Are you asking how logging works in Python?
Are you asking how to save values so they can be loaded when you start your program?

Thanks for the reply. It helps to know that my question was not as specific as it should have been. Splitting it into all those more specific questions already helps. I'll do some reading into each one.