The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to inspire teaching computer science in schools. It can perform many of the functions of a desktop computer and uses an ARM processor with Linux operating system. While only introduced in 2012, it has gained popularity for uses such as learning programming, building electronics projects, and creating low-cost devices like media centers or web servers. The Raspberry Pi provides an inexpensive platform for experimenting with computing.