uname() method in python is used to get information about current operating system. This method returns information like name, release and version of current operating system, name of machine on network and hardware identifier in the form of attributes of a tuple-like object.

What does os system do?

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

What is os and sys module in python?

The os and sys modules provide numerous tools to deal with filenames, paths, directories. The os module contains two sub-modules os. sys (same as sys) and os. path that are dedicated to the system and directories; respectively.