Sampler

An algorithm that decides what indices of a dataset to load. Note that this algorithm does not load data, and hence is not a dataloader.

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Metaphorically speaking, if we let a dataset be a warehouse, a dataloader be a human, a batch be a crate, and the sampler be the manager, then the manager is responsible for informing the human what items to gather from the warehouse, who then puts them into crates.