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Anaconda (Python distribution)

Python distribution

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Anaconda is an open source data science and artificial intelligence development portal and a distribution platform for the Python programming language. Developed by Anaconda, Inc., an American company founded in 2012, the platform is used to develop and manage data science and AI projects. In 2024, Anaconda Inc. has about 300 employees and 50 million users.

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“Anaconda (Python distribution)” enters the record as python distribution. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Anaconda, Python and distribution can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anaconda (Python distribution)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.