Definitions for commonly used Android terms
Welcome to the Android Glossary, a companion to the our Android Dictionary. This is home to the daily posts in which we feature an entry from the dictionary in hopes of explaining the mumbo jumbo that fills so many posts about Android.
For a more comprehensive list of all of our definitions, be sure to check out the Android Dictionary.
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2012
We're getting a little hacky in this round of Android A to Z, and we're going to have a look at ClockworkMod recovery -- the de facto standard of custom recoveries for Android. It's...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 22, 2012
When you think of Android phones, you think of bloatware. We wish it weren't so, and not every phone comes with, but the majority of Android phones out there come from carriers and are chock ful...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 21, 2012
AOSP is a term you'll see used a lot -- here, as well as at other Android-centric sites on the Internet. I'll admit I'm guilty of using it and just expecting everyone to know what I'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 07, 2012
What is a widget? In Android, the word widget is a generic term for a bit of self-contained code that displays a program, or a piece of a program, that is also (usually) a shortcut to a larger...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 03, 2012
What is tethering? Besides the grounds for a giant debate about ethics (the kind that you can only find on the Internet) tethering, in this case, means to share the Internet connection from yo...
