A tuple is another 'container' (or sequence) data type in Python. A tuple  consists of a number of values/variables separated by a comma and enclosed by parentheses. At this point, you see no difference from the lists. However, there are many that are worth pointing out.

The key aspect is mutability - lists are mutable while tuples are not. Remember that two chapters ago, you updated a list by using special methods (such as `.extend()` and `.append()`). These options are not available for tuples - you can not update an existing tuple without reassigning it. Tuples are also faster and consume less memory compared to lists. Since tuples are immutable, they are widely used for storing sensitive information.

You can convert an iterable object into a tuple by using the `tuple()`  function.
Let's continue working with the same example data as before.

# Create tuple
US_Info = ("USA", 9629091, 331002651)
print(US_Info)

In this section, you will be introduced to the very basics of Python and to your workspace, learn some simple math operations, and print your results.

In this section, you will learn how to store numbers, text, etc. in computer memory and then be able to call them by name. Also, you will learn little manipulation with text in Python.

In this section, you will learn the next data type - boolean - and how it can help in creating programs that behave differently depending on certain conditions. 

In this section, you will continue learning different data types in Python: This time you will learn how to store different characteristics inside one variable using lists, tuples, and more interesting type dictionaries.

In this section, you will learn how to write loops in Python - things often used to iterate over a list, tuple, dictionary, or even in a future dataframe...

In the final section of our introduction course, you will learn a bit about built-in functions and then write some functions by yourself!