epoch， batch_size，iteration

In the neural network terminology:
one epoch = one forward pass and one backward pass of all the training examples
batch size = the number of training examples in one forward/backward pass. The higher the batch size, the more memory space you'll need.
number of iterations = number of passes, each pass using [batch size] number of examples. To be clear, one pass = one forward pass + one backward pass (we do not count the forward pass and backward pass as two different passes).

Example: if you have 1000 training examples, and your batch size is 500, then it will take 2 iterations to complete 1 epoch.

深度学习中经常看到epoch、 iteration和batchsize，下面按自己的理解说说这三个的区别：

（1）batchsize：批大小。在深度学习中，一般采用SGD训练，即每次训练在训练集中取batchsize个样本训练；

（2）iteration：1个iteration等于使用batchsize个样本训练一次；

（3）epoch：1个epoch等于使用训练集中的全部样本训练一次；

举个例子，训练集有1000个样本，batchsize=10，那么：

训练完整个样本集需要：

100次iteration，1次epoch。

关于batchsize可以看看这里。