What are the "axis" in the mean-variance-standard deviation data analysis project?

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I’m just trying to get a better understanding for this part. I don’t get what is meant by “axis 1” and “axis 2”. Any help would be great!

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Challenge: Mean-Variance-Standard Deviation Calculator

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The axis indicates whether you wish to group rows or columns in a numpy array.