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Android Terminology

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The app drawer is the location for all of your apps. It is accessible from the home screen and is usually located in the bottom row of icons.  The app drawer holds all of the applications that your phone came with and the ones that you have since downloaded from the Android Market. If you are ever looking for an App and can’t find an icon for it on your Home Screen then you can just click the App Drawer.  If you long press an app icon in the app drawer you will have the option to copy that icon to your desktop.The app drawer is the location for all of your apps. It is accessible from the home screen and is usually located in the bottom row of icons.  The app drawer holds all of the applications that your phone came with and the ones that you have since downloaded from the Android Market. If you are ever looking for an App and can’t find an icon for it on your Home Screen then you can just click the App Drawer.  If you long press an app icon in the app drawer you will have the option to copy that icon to your desktop.  Note: if an app you've installed in not visible on the desktop, or in the app drawer, then check the "Manage Apps" area to find a complete listing off all install apps.  === App Tray ===See: App Drawer.=== Manage Apps (Manage Applications) ===Also known as: Uninstall List, Apps List, Installed Programs. The Manage Apps area is part of the Settings Menu Set where all installed Android Apps are listed.  It can be found by pressing Menu, and Manage Apps, or by pressing Menu, Settings, Applications, and Manage Applications.  Apps you install can be removed from the Manage Apps screen.  Apps that come with your phone, or pushed by your carrier, sometimes cannot be removed from here without hacking the phone to gain root access.  Use Manage Apps to help manage storage, memory usage, and security.  There are certain types of spy apps and malware that can hide from the Manage Apps list, however, most all apps will be listed here.=== Multitasking ===In Microsoft Windows users are familiar with the ability to press ALT-TAB and quickly switch between one open application to another without having to close either one.  On an Android device users can switch between open applications too by holding down "Long Press" the Home icon/button.  Press and hold the Home button for about two seconds, see the list of recent running apps, scroll up and down the list and touch on any of the recent apps to jump to that app.=== Notification Bar ===The thin area at the top of the screen that lists notifications. It also displays other information such as the time, cell and data reception.  It can be pulled down to display all of the current notifications, including unread emails and text messages.Root is an access level that gives you full control over your Android device.  The manufacturers and your carrier typically do not wish for you to have root access.  With root access you can remove unwanted apps that your carrier force onto your device, which will save memory and make your Android run faster.  Furthermore, with root access you can do much harm, even render your Android device completely useless.  Root access, accomplished by "rooting your Android, also known as jail breaking, or hacking" gives you the equivalent to root system level access on a UNIX system, or System Administrator privilege on a Microsoft Windows system.Root is an access level that gives you full control over your Android device.  The manufacturers and your carrier typically do not wish for you to have root access.  With root access you can remove unwanted apps that your carrier force onto your device, which will save memory and make your Android run faster.  Furthermore, with root access you can do much harm, even render your Android device completely useless.  Root access, accomplished by "rooting your Android, also known as jail breaking, or hacking" gives you the equivalent to root system level access on a UNIX system, or System Administrator privilege on a Microsoft Windows system.  The use of rooting, as a verb, is the act of exploiting a flaw in the Firmware to gain root access.=== SDK (Software Development Kit) ===Android Software Development Kit, Android SDK. Android applications are written in the JAVA programming language.  The Android Software Development Kit can be installed on your person computer allowing you to develop Android Apps.  The Android SDK includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and required libraries to build Android applications.This is a lose description used by hackers to describe part of the Android Software Development Kit that they often use to allow a PC to interact with an Android device and Google.  The SDK Program is referred to in guide explaining how to install a Custom ROM, just for one example.  The SDK Program is actually the Android SDK, see: SDK (Software Development Kit).
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