<s>
SciPy	B-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
sigh	O
pie	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
Python	B-Language
library	O
used	O
for	O
scientific	O
computing	O
and	O
technical	B-Application
computing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciPy	B-Application
contains	O
modules	O
for	O
optimization	O
,	O
linear	B-Language
algebra	I-Language
,	O
integration	O
,	O
interpolation	B-Algorithm
,	O
special	O
functions	O
,	O
FFT	O
,	O
signal	O
and	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
,	O
ODE	O
solvers	O
and	O
other	O
tasks	O
common	O
in	O
science	O
and	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciPy	B-Application
is	O
also	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
conferences	O
for	O
users	O
and	O
developers	O
of	O
these	O
tools	O
:	O
SciPy	B-Application
(	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
,	O
EuroSciPy	O
(	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
and	O
SciPy.in	O
(	O
in	O
India	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enthought	B-Language
originated	O
the	O
SciPy	B-Application
conference	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
sponsor	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
international	O
conferences	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
host	O
the	O
SciPy	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SciPy	B-Application
library	O
is	O
currently	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
its	O
development	O
is	O
sponsored	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SciPy	B-Application
package	O
is	O
at	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
's	O
scientific	O
computing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
spatial	O
:	O
algorithms	O
for	O
spatial	O
structures	O
such	O
as	O
k-d	B-Data_Structure
trees	I-Data_Structure
,	O
nearest	O
neighbors	O
,	O
Convex	O
hulls	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
data	O
structure	O
used	O
by	O
SciPy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multidimensional	O
array	B-Data_Structure
provided	O
by	O
the	O
NumPy	B-Application
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NumPy	B-Application
provides	O
some	O
functions	O
for	O
linear	B-Language
algebra	I-Language
,	O
Fourier	B-Algorithm
transforms	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
random	O
number	O
generation	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
with	O
the	O
generality	O
of	O
the	O
equivalent	O
functions	O
in	O
SciPy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NumPy	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
efficient	O
multidimensional	O
container	O
of	O
data	O
with	O
arbitrary	O
datatypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
NumPy	B-Application
to	O
seamlessly	O
and	O
speedily	O
integrate	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
SciPy	B-Application
used	O
Numeric	O
as	O
an	O
array	B-Data_Structure
type	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
newer	O
NumPy	B-Application
array	B-Data_Structure
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
was	O
extended	O
to	O
include	O
an	O
array	B-Data_Structure
type	O
for	O
numerical	O
computing	O
called	O
Numeric	O
(	O
This	O
package	O
was	O
eventually	O
replaced	O
by	O
Travis	O
Oliphant	O
who	O
wrote	O
NumPy	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
as	O
a	O
blending	O
of	O
Numeric	O
and	O
Numarray	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
started	O
in	O
2001	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2000	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
extension	O
modules	O
and	O
increasing	O
interest	O
in	O
creating	O
a	O
complete	O
environment	O
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
technical	B-Application
computing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Travis	O
Oliphant	O
,	O
Eric	O
Jones	O
,	O
and	O
Pearu	O
Peterson	O
merged	O
code	O
they	O
had	O
written	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
resulting	O
package	O
SciPy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newly	O
created	O
package	O
provided	O
a	O
standard	O
collection	O
of	O
common	O
numerical	O
operations	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Numeric	O
array	B-Data_Structure
data	I-Data_Structure
structure	I-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
thereafter	O
,	O
Fernando	O
Pérez	O
released	O
IPython	B-Application
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
interactive	O
shell	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
technical	B-Application
computing	I-Application
community	O
,	O
and	O
John	O
Hunter	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Matplotlib	B-Language
,	O
the	O
2D	O
plotting	O
library	O
for	O
technical	B-Application
computing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
the	O
SciPy	B-Application
environment	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
grow	O
with	O
more	O
packages	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
technical	B-Application
computing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
