platform.uname() returns a tuple of (system, node, release, version, machine, processor). : platform « Buildin Module « Python Tutorial






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System refers to which OS is currently running
node refers to the host name of the machine
release refers to the major release of the OS
version refers to a string representing OS release information
machine and processor refer to the hardware platform information.

print platform.uname()








14.10.platform
14.10.1.platform.architecture() returns (bits, linkage) tuple
14.10.2.platform.python_version() returns the version of the Python
14.10.3.platform.uname() returns a tuple of (system, node, release, version, machine, processor).
14.10.4.print sys.version