New(?) jargon using the verb, _root_

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

Not new among us geeks. Folks have been 'rooting' their phones for three or four years at least. I rooted my Palm Pre shortly after I got it four years or so ago. I haven't rooted my iPhone 4S because that voids the warranty. But it does allow you to run cool stuff that Apple doesn't want you to run.

Geoff

Geoffrey S. Nathan
Faculty Liaison, C&IT
and Professor, Linguistics Program
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> "[The Google] Nexus 4 has already been _rooted_."

> "For those who don’t know,

> _Android-rooting_ is _the process of gaining access to the Google
> operating system’s subsystem_.

> The point is usually to overcome limitations put in place by carriers
> and hardware manufacturers, allowing the user to alter or replace
> system applications and settings, run apps that require
> administrator-level permissions, and even completely replace the
> device’s operating system."

> http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/11/16/just-days-after-release-the-googles-nexus-4-has-already-been-rooted/

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