CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)

CUDA, or Compute Unified Device Architecture, is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) created by NVIDIA. It enables developers to use NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) for general-purpose computing, allowing tasks that require heavy computation to be processed much faster than on traditional central processing units (CPUs). By efficiently distributing tasks among thousands of GPU cores, CUDA accelerates calculations in various fields like scientific research, machine learning, and video processing, making complex tasks more feasible and quicker to execute. It's a powerful tool for harnessing the capabilities of modern graphics hardware.