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I was reading comments on this website, and I stumbled upon such an expression:
Roots and hacks and whatnot just to get a custom screensaver.
I tried to google it, but I found just a couple of examples of this phrase used in sentences and no explanation.
Could anybody explain me the meaning and, perhaps, the origin of this phrase?
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I was reading comments on this website, and I stumbled upon such an expression:
Roots and hacks and whatnot just to get a custom screensaver.
I tried to google it, but I found just a couple of examples of this phrase used in sentences and no explanation.
Could anybody explain me the meaning and, perhaps, the origin of this phrase?
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asked Aug 17 at 9:33
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I was reading comments on this website, and I stumbled upon such an expression:
Roots and hacks and whatnot just to get a custom screensaver.
I tried to google it, but I found just a couple of examples of this phrase used in sentences and no explanation.
Could anybody explain me the meaning and, perhaps, the origin of this phrase?
phrases expressions phrase-meaning phrase-origin
asked Aug 17 at 9:33
P. Vovk
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I was reading comments on this website, and I stumbled upon such an expression:
Roots and hacks and whatnot just to get a custom screensaver.
I tried to google it, but I found just a couple of examples of this phrase used in sentences and no explanation.
Could anybody explain me the meaning and, perhaps, the origin of this phrase?
phrases expressions phrase-meaning phrase-origin
phrases expressions phrase-meaning phrase-origin
asked Aug 17 at 9:33
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asked Aug 17 at 9:33
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Those two words are normally found together when you talk about accessing internals of mobile OS (operating system: Android or iOS etc.). Also, just to make it clear, it is not a phrase or an idiom. Those are two individual words.
root (You root a mobile phone by rooting process)
"Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id [sic] jailbreaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to." link
hack
It is a tweak or a setting(s) which allows you to access features more than what manufacturer wants you to access.
Hope it is clear now!
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
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The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
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The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
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@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
26
down vote
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Those two words are normally found together when you talk about accessing internals of mobile OS (operating system: Android or iOS etc.). Also, just to make it clear, it is not a phrase or an idiom. Those are two individual words.
root (You root a mobile phone by rooting process)
"Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id [sic] jailbreaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to." link
hack
It is a tweak or a setting(s) which allows you to access features more than what manufacturer wants you to access.
Hope it is clear now!
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
22
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
1
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
1
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
add a comment |Â
up vote
26
down vote
accepted
Those two words are normally found together when you talk about accessing internals of mobile OS (operating system: Android or iOS etc.). Also, just to make it clear, it is not a phrase or an idiom. Those are two individual words.
root (You root a mobile phone by rooting process)
"Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id [sic] jailbreaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to." link
hack
It is a tweak or a setting(s) which allows you to access features more than what manufacturer wants you to access.
Hope it is clear now!
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
22
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
1
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
1
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
add a comment |Â
up vote
26
down vote
accepted
up vote
26
down vote
accepted
Those two words are normally found together when you talk about accessing internals of mobile OS (operating system: Android or iOS etc.). Also, just to make it clear, it is not a phrase or an idiom. Those are two individual words.
root (You root a mobile phone by rooting process)
"Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id [sic] jailbreaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to." link
hack
It is a tweak or a setting(s) which allows you to access features more than what manufacturer wants you to access.
Hope it is clear now!
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
Those two words are normally found together when you talk about accessing internals of mobile OS (operating system: Android or iOS etc.). Also, just to make it clear, it is not a phrase or an idiom. Those are two individual words.
root (You root a mobile phone by rooting process)
"Rooting is a process that allows you to attain root access to the Android operating system code (the equivalent term for Apple devices id [sic] jailbreaking). It gives you privileges to modify the software code on the device or install other software that the manufacturer wouldn’t normally allow you to." link
hack
It is a tweak or a setting(s) which allows you to access features more than what manufacturer wants you to access.
Hope it is clear now!
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
edited Aug 17 at 14:44
Barmar
9,3001429
9,3001429
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
answered Aug 17 at 9:50
ubi hatt
2,194319
2,194319
22
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
1
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
1
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
add a comment |Â
22
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
1
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
1
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
22
22
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
The use of "root" itself has a complicated history, involving the concept of a highly privileged "superuser", which standard unix terminology calls "root", possibly due to being the only entity with access to the lowest level (i.e root) of the tree of directories in the computer file system. linfo.org/root.html
– origimbo
Aug 17 at 12:48
1
1
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
The use of "hack" has a similarly complicated history, and more correctly means "A 'quick and dirty' solution to a problem." More recently it has come to mean obtaining illegal or unauthorized access to a computer system.
– bendl
Aug 21 at 15:23
1
1
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@bendl illegal and unauthorised access to computer system or network is called Cracking. Hacking is accessing hidden features. You can get a job as hacker in a company, but not as a cracker.
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 15:57
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@ubihatt technically true, but to the average person (and most dictionaries), hacking is gaining access to a computer system
– bendl
Aug 21 at 16:51
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
@bendl Yes, there are certain words which are loosely defined in most of the dictionaries :)
– ubi hatt
Aug 21 at 19:55
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