Python Conditionals, Lists, Dictionaries, and Operators - Dictionaries
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Another way to store multiple values is with a dictionary. The difference between a List and a dictionary is that dictionaries are unordered and do not use indexes. The best way to understand them is to see them at work:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

mydiction = {'FirstName':'John', 'LastName':'Cleese'}

print mydiction[FirstName]

The above code will result in the printout:

  John

This is because the value to the left of the colon (:) acts as the index, while the value to the right of the colon acts as the value being referenced.

You can also add two dictionaries together:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

mydiction = {'FirstName':'John', 'LastName':'Cleese'}

abc = {'FirstName': 'Monty', 'LastName':'Python')

mydiction.update(abc)

print mydiction

This will combine the two dictionaries and result in the printout:

  John Cleese Monty Python

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