Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear).
The OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions,
like swiping, tapping, pinching, and reverse pinching to manipulate
on-screen objects, and a virtual keyboard. Despite being primarily designed for touchscreen input, it also has been used in game consoles, digital cameras, and other electronics.
Android is also known as the Android Open Source Project or AOSP. It is an open operating system to which many tweaks and hacking can be done. Google has provided the source code to everyone for download. A source code is a human-readable set of instructions that are compiled (or "built") into files that your computer (or in this case, your phone or tablet) can understand and run. In the case of operating systems such as MacOS X and Windows, many of the instructions that become the operating system are kept hidden from the public. With Android, this code is made public and are licensed in such a way that anyone can reuse the code if they like.
So many third party developers have made custom ROMs or firmwares for many Android phones. Some of these are Cyanogenmod, Beanstalk, Paranoid Android, AOKP, etc.
Android is also known as the Android Open Source Project or AOSP. It is an open operating system to which many tweaks and hacking can be done. Google has provided the source code to everyone for download. A source code is a human-readable set of instructions that are compiled (or "built") into files that your computer (or in this case, your phone or tablet) can understand and run. In the case of operating systems such as MacOS X and Windows, many of the instructions that become the operating system are kept hidden from the public. With Android, this code is made public and are licensed in such a way that anyone can reuse the code if they like.
So many third party developers have made custom ROMs or firmwares for many Android phones. Some of these are Cyanogenmod, Beanstalk, Paranoid Android, AOKP, etc.
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