# Dask

> Dask
> ====
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> Dask is a flexible parallel computing library for analytics.  See
> documentation_ for more information.
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> LICENSE
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> New BSD. See `License File <https://github.com/dask/dask/blob/main/LICENSE.txt>`__.
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> .. _documentation: https://dask.org
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## Pages in this subsection

- [Debug](debug.html.md): Debugging parallel programs is hard.  Normal debugging tools like logging and
- [How To…](index.html.md): This section contains snippets and suggestions about how to perform different actions
- [Connect to remote data](connect-to-remote-data.html.md): Dask can read data from a variety of data stores including local file systems,
- [Extend sizeof](extend-sizeof.html.md): When Dask needs to compute the size of an object in bytes, e.g. to determine which objects to spill ...
- [Selecting the collection backend](selecting-the-collection-backend.html.md): &#42;&#42;Warning&#42;&#42;: Backend-library dispatching at the collection level is still an experimental feature. B...

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](../llms.txt): Complete documentation index.