<s>
IPython	B-Application
(	O
Interactive	O
Python	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
command	B-Operating_System
shell	I-Operating_System
for	O
interactive	O
computing	O
in	O
multiple	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
that	O
offers	O
introspection	B-Application
,	O
rich	O
media	O
,	O
shell	B-Operating_System
syntax	O
,	O
tab	O
completion	O
,	O
and	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Interactive	O
shells	O
(	O
terminal	O
and	O
Qt-based	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
browser-based	O
notebook	B-Application
interface	I-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
code	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
mathematical	O
expressions	O
,	O
inline	O
plots	O
and	O
other	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
for	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
is	O
a	O
NumFOCUS	O
fiscally	O
sponsored	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
architecture	O
that	O
provides	O
parallel	O
and	O
distributed	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
enables	O
parallel	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
,	O
executed	O
,	O
debugged	O
and	O
monitored	O
interactively	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
I	O
(	O
Interactive	O
)	O
in	O
IPython	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
architecture	O
abstracts	O
out	O
parallelism	B-Operating_System
,	O
enabling	O
IPython	B-Application
to	O
support	O
many	O
different	O
styles	O
of	O
parallelism	B-Operating_System
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
IPython	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
the	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
capabilities	O
were	O
made	O
optional	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
python	B-Language
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
ipyparallel	O
are	O
now	O
covered	O
by	O
more	O
mature	O
libraries	O
like	O
Dask	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
frequently	O
draws	O
from	O
SciPy	B-Application
stack	O
libraries	O
like	O
NumPy	B-Application
and	O
SciPy	B-Application
,	O
often	O
installed	O
alongside	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
Scientific	O
Python	B-Language
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
provides	O
integration	O
with	O
some	O
libraries	O
of	O
the	O
SciPy	B-Application
stack	O
,	O
notably	O
matplotlib	B-Language
,	O
producing	O
inline	O
graphs	O
when	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Jupyter	O
notebook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
libraries	O
can	O
implement	O
IPython	B-Application
specific	O
hooks	O
to	O
customize	O
rich	O
object	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SymPy	B-Application
for	O
example	O
implements	O
rendering	O
of	O
mathematical	O
expressions	O
as	O
rendered	O
LaTeX	B-Application
when	O
used	O
within	O
IPython	B-Application
context	O
,	O
and	O
Pandas	B-Application
dataframe	O
use	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
allows	O
non-blocking	O
interaction	O
with	O
Tkinter	B-Language
,	O
PyGTK	B-Language
,	O
PyQt/PySide	O
and	O
wxPython	B-Language
(	O
the	O
standard	O
Python	B-Language
shell	B-Operating_System
only	O
allows	O
interaction	O
with	O
Tkinter	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
can	O
interactively	O
manage	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
clusters	O
using	O
asynchronous	O
status	O
callbacks	O
and/or	O
MPI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
system	B-Operating_System
shell	I-Operating_System
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
default	O
behavior	O
is	O
largely	O
similar	O
to	O
Unix	B-Application
shells	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
allows	O
customization	O
and	O
the	O
flexibility	O
of	O
executing	O
code	O
in	O
a	O
live	O
Python	B-Language
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
5.x	O
(	O
Long	O
Time	O
Support	O
)	O
series	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
IPython	B-Application
to	O
support	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IPython	B-Application
project	O
pledged	O
to	O
not	O
support	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
beyond	O
2020	O
by	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
projects	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
,	O
the	O
6.x	O
series	O
is	O
only	O
compatible	O
with	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
though	O
to	O
run	O
an	O
IPython	B-Application
kernel	O
and	O
a	O
Jupyter	O
Notebook	B-Application
server	O
on	O
different	O
Python	B-Language
versions	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
still	O
access	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
on	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
Jupyter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
IPython	B-Application
creator	O
Fernando	O
Pérez	O
announced	O
a	O
spin-off	O
project	O
from	O
IPython	B-Application
called	O
Project	O
Jupyter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
exist	O
as	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
shell	B-Operating_System
and	O
kernel	O
for	O
Jupyter	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
notebook	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
other	O
language-agnostic	O
parts	O
of	O
IPython	B-Application
were	O
moved	O
under	O
the	O
Jupyter	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jupyter	O
is	O
language	O
agnostic	O
and	O
its	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
core	O
programming	O
languages	O
supported	O
by	O
Jupyter	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
Julia	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jupyter	O
Notebook	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
IPython	B-Application
Notebook	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
interactive	I-Application
computational	O
environment	O
for	O
creating	O
,	O
executing	O
,	O
and	O
visualizing	O
Jupyter	O
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
notebook	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
other	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Maple	B-Language
,	O
Mathematica	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SageMath	B-Application
,	O
a	O
computational	O
interface	O
style	O
that	O
originated	O
with	O
Mathematica	B-Language
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
Jupyter	O
Notebook	B-Application
ships	O
with	O
the	O
IPython	B-Application
kernel	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
over	O
100	O
Jupyter	O
kernels	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPython	B-Application
has	O
been	O
mentioned	O
in	O
the	O
popular	O
computing	O
press	O
and	O
other	O
popular	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
presence	O
at	O
scientific	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
scientific	O
and	O
engineering	O
work	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
often	O
presented	O
as	O
a	O
companion	O
tool	O
to	O
matplotlib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
1	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Alfred	O
P	O
.	O
Sloan	O
Foundation	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
support	O
IPython	B-Application
development	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Fernando	O
Perez	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Free	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
Advancement	O
of	O
Free	O
Software	O
award	O
for	O
IPython	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
made	O
a	O
donation	O
of	O
$	O
100,000	O
to	O
sponsor	O
IPython	B-Application
's	O
continued	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
