title: global frame vs. stack frame
body: <p><em>Everything below is from the main page of <a href="http://www.pythontutor.com" rel="noreferrer">www.pythontutor.com</a> (a fantastic tool and website by the way).</em></p>
  
  <p>Here's <a href="http://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#code=def%20listSum%28numbers%29%3A%0A%20%20%20%20if%20not%20numbers%3A%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20return%200%0A%20%20%20%20else%3A%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28f,%20rest%29%20%3D%20numbers%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20return%20f%20%2B%20listSum%28rest%29%0A%0AmyList%20%3D%20%281,%20%282,%20%283,%20None%29%29%29%0Atotal%20%3D%20listSum%28myList%29&amp;cumulative=false&amp;heapPrimitives=false&amp;mode=edit&amp;origin=opt-frontend.js&amp;py=3&amp;rawInputLstJSON=%5B%5D&amp;textReferences=false" rel="noreferrer">some code</a> </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cfGvY.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cfGvY.jpg" alt="Here&#39;s some code:"></a></p>
  
  <p>Here's what the author describes as the "global frame" and the "stack frames" at the current point of execution for the above code:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ilR0f.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ilR0f.jpg" alt="Here&#39;s what the author describes as the &quot;global frame&quot; and the &quot;stack frames&quot; at the current point of execution for the above code"></a> </p>
  
  <p><strong>My question:</strong> What's the difference between "global frame" and the "stack frame"? Is this terminology even correct (I googled around and got all kinds of different answers)?</p>