title: Why is PyTorch called PyTorch?
body: <p>I have been looking into deep learning frameworks lately and have been wondering about the origin of the name of PyTorch.</p>
  <p>With Keras, their <a href="https://keras.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">home page</a> nicely explains the name's origin, and with something like TensorFlow, the reasoning behind the name seems rather clear. For PyTorch, however, I cannot seem to come across why it is so named.</p>
  <p>Of course, I understand the &quot;Py-&quot; prefix and also know that PyTorch is a successor in some sense of Torch. But I am still wondering: what is the original idea behind the &quot;-Torch&quot; part? Is it known what the origin of the name is?</p>