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  +    |  Whether you're new to spaCy, or just want to brush up on some
  +    |  NLP basics and implementation details – this page should have you covered.
  +    |  Each section will explain one of spaCy's features in simple terms and
  +    |  with examples or illustrations. Some sections will also reappear across
  +    |  the usage guides as a quick introcution.
   
   +aside("Help us improve the docs")
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                  +item #[+a("#community") Community & FAQ]
  
  +h(3, "what-spacy-isnt") What spaCy isn't
  
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      +item #[strong spaCy is not a platform or "an API"].
          |  Unlike a platform, spaCy does not provide a software as a service, or
          |  a web application. It's an open-source library designed to help you
          |  build NLP applications, not a consumable service.
      +item #[strong spaCy is not an out-of-the-box chat bot engine].
          |  While spaCy can be used to power conversational applications, it's
          |  not designed specifically for chat bots, and only provides the
          |  underlying text processing capabilities.
      +item #[strong spaCy is not research software].
          |  It's is built on the latest research, but unlike
          |  #[+a("https://github./nltk/nltk") NLTK], which is intended for
          |  teaching and research, spaCy follows a more opinionated approach and
          |  focuses on production usage. Its aim is to provide you with the best
          |  possible general-purpose solution for text processing and machine learning
          |  with text input – but this also means that there's only one implementation
          |  of each component.
      +item #[strong spaCy is not a company].
          |  It's an open-source library. Our company publishing spaCy and other
          |  software is called #[+a(COMPANY_URL, true) Explosion AI].
  
  +h(2, "features") Features
  
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