Android Vocabulary

I made this post for us to closer to the Android Operating System because many of the terms used in this case.
Hope it can help you to know more about this Operating System.


APK
APK is Android Package, such as the IPA in the iPhone, SIS on Symbian s60, or JAR on BlackBerry and other devices based on JAVA. Essentially, the file with the extension of  " .apk" can be used to install the application on android device.


Brick(ed)
Device conditions that it can not to recover again. It is like Death Phone. It could be just like a brick that can throw a dog.. ^^v
It can not be used anymore, due to an error when flashing or physical damage.

adb
Command bridge through Android on Personal Computer. There are many command extension for adb such as :
adb shell
adb push
adb install and many more
The requirement conditions of adb is adb tools must be installed in your computer.

adb.exe
can be taken from android sdk folder. the adb.exe was included there in pltform-tools.

adb shell logcat
for knowing the process that occured in your Android. It's very useful when you are doing an experiments of flashing ROM.

root
Is there a person in the world who did not know with this word? They who always use linux know it.
you will get SuperUser application if you are rooting your device.
Is process to change privilage from normal user become root.

Boot
turn on the device process.

Booting
The combine of PL and IPL which became the basis of device.

Recovery Mode
In this mode we can open the shell and flash image or you want to backup or restore your data.