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Torch (machine learning)
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<p>Torch is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a> library, a <a href="/facts/Scientific_computing/PnVD19hw">scientific computing</a> framework, and a <a href="/facts/Scripting_language/8pF4ajBL">scripting language</a> based on <a href="/facts/Lua_/xkBCgta0">Lua</a>. It provides <a href="/facts/LuaJIT/xkBCgta0">LuaJIT</a> interfaces to <a href="/facts/Deep_learning/JLuwD3ea">deep learning</a> algorithms implemented in <a href="/facts/C_/Ky2No763">C</a>. It was created by the <a href="/facts/IDIAP/yTLCMhoF">Idiap Research Institute</a> at <a href="/facts/EPFL/IBPANwjM">EPFL</a>. Torch development moved in 2017 to <a href="/facts/PyTorch/4Gv1t13B">PyTorch</a>, a port of the library to <a href="/facts/Python_/YbuGqofa">Python</a>. </p>