What is PyTorch?
The use and development of computer systems that are able to learn and adapt without following explicit instructions, by using algorithms and statistical models to analyse and drawinferences from patterns in data.
What is a tensor?
A tensor is a multi-dimensional array object that encodes the inputs and outputs of a model (as well as its parameters) so that the model can operate on multi-axis data (and parameters) without flattening away their structure, enabling contractions along some axes while preserving others.
Non tech explanation:
a tensor is how data is represented and arranged in a way that preserves structure (axes, correlations, locality) so that the model can perform any given operation while respecting the structure in the data.