Glossary

Chapter 1

A5/1 Encryption

A stream cipher used to provide over-the-air communication privacy in the GSM cellular telephone. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5/1_encryption_algorithm)

AOSP

Android Open Source Project

OHA

Open Handset Alliance

Chapter 2

/etc/shadow file

Used to increase the security level of passwords by restricting all but highly privileged users’ access to hashed password data. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(file))

Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)

Java’s platform-independent windowing graphics and user-interface widget toolkit.

Android Development Tools (ADT)

A plug-in for Eclipse IDE to develop Android applications.

API

Application Programming Interface

Daemon

A computer program that runs as a background process. ...

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