FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -The Raspberry Pi launched in 2012, and there have been several iterations and variations released since then. The original Pi had a single-core 700MHz CPU and just 256MB RAM, and the latest model has a quad-core CPU clocking in at over 1.5GHz, and 4GB RAM.

Detailed explanation-2: -Raspberry Pi is a series of single board computers designed by Raspberry Pi foundation in the United Kingdom with the association of Broadcom. Eben Upton is the founder of the Raspberry Pi device, which released the first model in February 2012.

Detailed explanation-3: -How to check if my Raspberry Pi OS is 64 bit? This prints out the machine hardware name and if it says aarch64, then you have a 64 bit version. If it says armv7l then you have the 32 bit OS.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Raspberry Pi 3 is equipped with a quad-core 64-bit Broadcom BCM2837 ARM Cortex-A53 SoC processor running at 1.2 GHz, making it about 50% more powerful than the Pi 2. Which means the new Raspberry Pi 3 can be used for office applications and web browsing.