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68 relations: Amazon (company), Amazon Appstore, Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Music, Amazon Video, Android (operating system), Android application package, Android Lollipop, Apache License, Application programming interface, ARM architecture, Audible (store), Audiobook, Bionic (software), BlackBerry, BlackBerry 10, C (programming language), C++, Codebase, Comparison of mobile operating systems, Facebook, FBI–Apple encryption dispute, Fire HD, Fire HDX, Fire Phone, Fork (software development), GNU General Public License, Goodreads, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Maps, Google Play, Graphical user interface, HERE WeGo, Java (programming language), Jolla, Kindle Fire, Kindle Store, KornShell, Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, Mobile operating system, Monolithic kernel, Multi-touch, NetBSD, Nokia, Nokia X platform, Open Handset Alliance, ..., Open-source software, Parental controls, Proprietary software, QNX, Quanta Computer, Sailfish OS, Sideloading, Speed reading, Tablet computer, The Verge, Tizen, Twitter, Unix-like, User interface, Videotelephony, X-Ray (Amazon Kindle), 32-bit, 64-bit computing. Expand index (18 more) »
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.
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Amazon Appstore
The Amazon Appstore for Android is an app store for the Android operating system operated by Amazon.com.
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Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo (shortened and referred to as Echo) is a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon.com.
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Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV is a digital media player and its microconsole remote developed by Amazon.
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Amazon Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store. The hardware platform, developed by Amazon subsidiary Lab126, began as a single device and now comprises a range of devices, including e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays and Kindle applications on all major computing platforms. All Kindle devices integrate with Kindle Store content, and as of March 2018, the store has over six million e-books available in the United States.. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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Amazon Music
Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon.com.
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Amazon Video
Amazon Video is an Internet video on demand service that is developed, owned, and operated by Amazon.com.
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Android (operating system)
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
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Android application package
Android PacKage (APK) is the package file format used by the Android operating system for distribution and installation of mobile apps and middleware.
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Android Lollipop
Android "Lollipop" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1.
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Apache License
The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).
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Application programming interface
In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software.
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ARM architecture
ARM, previously Advanced RISC Machine, originally Acorn RISC Machine, is a family of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architectures for computer processors, configured for various environments.
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Audible (store)
Audible is a seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming on the Internet.
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Audiobook
An audiobook (or talking book) is a recording of a text being read.
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Bionic (software)
Bionic is the standard C library (including libc, libdl, libm, and libpthread) developed by Google for its Android operating system.
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BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of smartphones, tablets, and services originally designed and marketed by Canadian company BlackBerry Limited (formerly known as Research In Motion, or RIM).
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BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry 10 is a proprietary mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, both developed by BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion).
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C (programming language)
C (as in the letter ''c'') is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.
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C++
C++ ("see plus plus") is a general-purpose programming language.
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Codebase
In software development, a codebase (or code base) refers to a whole collection of source code that is used to build a particular software system, application, or software component.
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Comparison of mobile operating systems
This is a comparison of mobile operating systems.
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Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.
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FBI–Apple encryption dispute
The FBI–Apple encryption dispute concerns whether and to what extent courts in the United States can compel manufacturers to assist in unlocking cell phones whose data are cryptographically protected.
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Fire HD
The Fire HD, also known as Kindle Fire HD, is a member of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet computers. The five generation family consists of: 7", 8.9" (2012 models), 7" (2013 model), 6", 7" (2014 models), 8", 10.1" (2015 models) and 8", 10.1" (2017 models).
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Fire HDX
The Fire HDX, formerly named Kindle Fire HDX, is the high-end model in Amazon's Kindle Fire line of tablet computers.
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Fire Phone
The Fire Phone is a 3D-enabled smartphone developed by Amazon.com and manufactured by Foxconn.
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Fork (software development)
In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software.
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GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is a widely used free software license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software.
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Goodreads
Goodreads is a "social cataloging" website that allows individuals to freely search its database of books, annotations, and reviews.
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Google Cloud Messaging
Google Cloud Messaging (commonly referred to as GCM) is a mobile notification service developed by Google that enables third-party application developers to send notification data or information from developer-run servers to applications that target the Google Android Operating System, as well as applications or extensions developed for the Google Chrome internet browser.
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Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google.
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Google Play
Google Play (previously Android Market) is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google.
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Graphical user interface
The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.
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HERE WeGo
HERE WeGo (formerly HERE Maps) is a maps and navigation application for Android and iOS, and a desktop web mapping service, by HERE Global B.V..
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Java (programming language)
Java is a general-purpose computer-programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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Jolla
Jolla Oy (sometimes referred to as Jolla Ltd.) is a Finnish technology company; a vendor of mobile devices and the developer of Sailfish OS. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Jolla has its own research and development offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Cyberport, Hong Kong. Jolla was founded in 2011 by former Nokia staff of the MeeGo project team to use the MeeGo opportunities and its "endless possibilities". Pronounced 'yolla', the company name is Finnish for dinghy (a small agile boat or life rescue boat). It was intended as an ironic joke about the "burning platform memo" which contained the metaphor to "jump into the cold sea water" or "burn with burning platform" used in context of the Nokia business activities, in the memo leaked by then-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in February 2011, with Osborne effect-like consequences.
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Kindle Fire
The Fire Tablet, formerly called the Kindle Fire, is a tablet computer developed by Amazon.com.
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Kindle Store
The Kindle Store is an online e-book e-commerce store operated by Amazon as part of its retail website and can be accessed from any Amazon Kindle, Fire tablet or Kindle mobile app.
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KornShell
KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell which was developed by David Korn at Bell Labs in the early 1980s and announced at USENIX on July 14, 1983.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation (LF) is dedicated to building sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and commercial adoption.
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Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an open-source monolithic Unix-like computer operating system kernel.
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Mobile operating system
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Monolithic kernel
A monolithic kernel is an operating system architecture where the entire operating system is working in kernel space and is alone in supervisor mode.
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Multi-touch
In computing, multi-touch is technology that enables a surface (a trackpad or touchscreen) to recognize the presence of more than one or more than two points of contact with the surface.
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NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open source Unix-like operating system that descends from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865.
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Nokia X platform
The Nokia X platform was a Linux-based mobile operating system and software platform originally developed by Nokia, and subsequently by Microsoft Mobile.
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Open Handset Alliance
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium of 84 firms to develop open standards for mobile devices.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software whose source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
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Parental controls
Parental controls are features which may be included in digital television services, computer and video games, mobile devices and software that allow parents to restrict the access of content to their children.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is non-free computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.
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QNX
QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market.
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Quanta Computer
Quanta Computer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware.
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Sailfish OS
Sailfish OS (also styled as SailfishOS or abbreviated to SFOS) is a general purpose Linux distribution used commonly as a mobile operating system combining the Linux kernel for a particular hardware platform, the open-source Mer core stack of middleware, a proprietary UI contributed by Jolla or an open source UI, and other third-party components.
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Sideloading
Sideloading is a term used mostly on the Internet, similar to "upload" and "download", but in reference to the process of transferring files between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.
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Speed reading
Speed reading is any of several techniques used to improve one's ability to read quickly.
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Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a portable personal computer, typically with a mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat package.
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The Verge
The Verge is an American technology news and media network operated by Vox Media.
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Tizen
Tizen is a mobile operating system developed by Samsung that runs on a wide range of Samsung devices, including smartphones; tablets; in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices; smart televisions; smart cameras; smartwatches; Blu-ray players; smart home appliances (refrigerators, lighting, washing machines, air conditioners, ovens/microwaves); and robotic vacuum cleaners.
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Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
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User interface
The user interface (UI), in the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.
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Videotelephony
Videotelephony comprises the technologies for the reception and transmission of audio-video signals by users at different locations, for communication between people in real-time.
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X-Ray (Amazon Kindle)
X-Ray is a reference tool, introduced in September 2011, that is incorporated in the Amazon Kindle Touch and later models, Kindle Fire tablets, Kindle apps for mobile platforms, Fire Phones, and Fire TVs.
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32-bit
32-bit microcomputers are computers in which 32-bit microprocessors are the norm.
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64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit computing is the use of processors that have datapath widths, integer size, and memory address widths of 64 bits (eight octets).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_OS
