The document discusses user defined functions in Python. It covers topics like defining functions, passing parameters to functions, returning values from functions, global vs local scope, passing lists/tuples to functions, and pass by reference vs pass by value. Examples are provided to illustrate function definition syntax, calling functions, accessing parameters and return values, modifying global vs local variables, iterating through passed lists/tuples, and how changes made to passed lists are reflected globally due to pass by reference in Python.