What Is Android Named After?
Contents During Its Announcement of Android Kitkat in 2013, Google Explained That “Since These Devices Make Our Lives So Sweet, Each Android Version Is Named...
During its announcement of Android KitKat in 2013, Google explained that “Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert”, although a Google spokesperson told CNN in an interview that “It’s kind of like an internal team thing, and we prefer to be a little bit — how should I …
How did Android get its name?
The word was coined from the Greek root ἀνδρ- andr- “man, male” (as opposed to ἀνθρωπ- anthrōp- “human being”) and the suffix -oid “having the form or likeness of”. … The term “android” appears in US patents as early as 1863 in reference to miniature human-like toy automatons.
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Why is Android named after sweets?
Google operating systems are always named after a sweet, like Cupcake, Donut, KitKat or Nougat. … Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert”.
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