# 
## Overview

The **`platform`** module in Python provides functions that access information of the underlying platform (operating system).

The **`platform.release()`** method is used to return the underlying operating system release. Compared to the `platform.version()` method, this method returns a simpler string indicating only the release of the operating system. This method returns an empty string if it's not able to determine the operating system release.

# 
## Method signature


```python
platform.release()
```

## Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

## Return value

This method returns the underlying system's release.

## Example

import platform

print("platform.release() = %s" % (platform.release()))

# 
## Explanation

- Line 1: We import the `platform` module.
- Line 3: We retrieve the operating system's release on which the code is run using the `release()` method.

What is platform.release() in Python?

platform.release() in Python returns the operating system's release as a simple string.