<p>It's an extra variable that was created because you are using an <code>AdamOptimizer()</code> to train your data. You can read about the algorithm in the original paper - <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.6980v8.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.6980v8.pdf</a></p>
what is conv1/weights/Adam in checkpoint file in tensorflow
<p>I printed all tensor value in a checkpoint file.</p>

<p>I can understand "conv1/weights". But what is "conv1/weights/Adam" in checkpoint file?</p>