Google Colaboratory, or “Colab” for short, is a product from Google Research. Colab allows anybody to write and execute arbitrary python code through the browser, and is especially well suited to machine learning, data analysis and education.
More technically, Colab is a hosted Jupyter notebook service that requires no setup to use, while providing access free of charge to computing resources including GPUs and TPUs.
Jupyter is the open source project on which Colab is based. Colab allows you to use and share Jupyter notebooks with others without having to download, install, or run anything.
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Colab resources are not guaranteed and not unlimited, and the usage limits sometimes fluctuate. This is necessary for Colab to be able to provide resources free of charge. For more details, see Resource Limits
Users who are interested in more reliable access to better resources may be interested in Colab Pro.
Resources in Colab are prioritized for interactive use cases. Actions associated with bulk compute are prohibited, actions that negatively impact others, as well as actions associated with bypassing our policies.
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