A tuple is an ordered collection of elements that is immutable. Tuples are created using parentheses, with elements separated by commas. Elements within a tuple can be accessed using indexing with integers or slicing to access ranges. Tuples can be concatenated using the + operator or repeated using the * operator. The len(), count(), index(), min(), max() and sorted() functions can be used to operate on tuples. Tuples can be traversed using for loops or while loops to access each element.