What is the reason for having ‘//’ in Python?

I saw this in someone’s code:

y = img_index // num_images

where img_index is a running index and num_images is 3.

When I mess around with // in IPython, it seems to act just like a division sign (i.e. one forward slash). I was just wondering if there is any reason for having double forward slashes?

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