LOOKING AT

THE
OPERATING SYSTEM

By Daniel A. Begun from Amazing

Android Apps For Dummies

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The term Android can refer to either an

Android mobile device or to the Android
operating system. The Android operating
system powers all Android devices. Think of it
as the underlying software that instructs your
device what to do, much like how the Windows
operating system powers laptop and desktop
computers.

When you install an Android app onto an Android device, you are installing an app that was
written specifically for the Android operating
system. You can install Android apps onto a
Windows computer-and even on Macs and Linux
PC-but only if the computer is running special
software called an Android emulator, which creates a virtual Android device on your computer.
Speaking of Linux, the Android operating system
is actually an offshoot of the Linux operating system. Since its inception, however, Android has
developed into a robust, independent operating
system designed for mobile devices, and its not
actually directly compatible with Linux.
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Marcas tipogrficas so recursos visuais que ajudam o

leitor a interpretar o texto.

As Palavras Cognatas so essenciais para voc construir significado de uma sentena, pargrafo ou at do texto inteiro.
Glossrio
Google Empresa de tecnologia, que atualmente a proprietria da companhia que
desenvolve o Android.
pple Empresa que desenvolve dispositivos como o iPhone e o iPad, concorrentes
dos dispositivos Android.

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1 . Leia o paragrafo e retire as

Palavras-chave
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2 . Sublinhe as palavras repetidas e
escreva a defino do termo
ANDROID
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3 . No paragrafo 2 quais informaes
so apresentadas sobre o app
Android:
A . O app Adroid foi desenvolvido para o
Sistema Operacional Android
B . possivel instalar o app nos
computadores com os sistemas Widows,
Macs e Linux.
C . As duas afirmativas so evidentes no
paragrafo.

4. Escreva aqui as palvras Cognatas

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1 Android is an open source operating system a large

community of companies and developers maintain it and
contribute toward developing newer versions of it. This al l
takes place under the auspices of Google, which bought the
company (Android, Inc.) that first developed the Android OS.
Unlike Apples iOS operating system for mobile devices, the
Android operating systems ongoing development isnt hidden
behind lock and key. In fact, about 80 companies are
members of the group the Open Handset Alliance that
10 contribute towards the further development of
the Android operating system.
All of this openness allows for innovation from
many different sources. This also allows for many
different Android devices in all shapes and sizes,
which creates a compatibility problem for the app
developers. The compatibility issue with Android
devices has even got a name: fragmentation.
Manufacturers can modify the Android operating system as
they see fit for their devices. This allows them a way to
20 differentiate their devices from their competitors devices,
by adding unique features. This also results in different
customized versions of Android running on different devices.
An example of this is that mobile phone maker HTC inserts its
own HTC Sense user interface into many of its Android phones,
whereas Samsung puts its own TouchWiz user interface into its
Android devices. The following figure shows a couple of screens
from the Samsung Epic 4G Android phone.

Mobile device manufacturers also control which version

of the Android operating system powers their devices.
30 Just because an update to the operating system is
available doesnt mean that a manufacturer is willing
or ready to update a devices operating system.
Another big differentiator between devices is the
hardware that runs them. Some Android devices have
big screens, fast processors, and lots of bells and whistles;
other Android devices have tiny displays, slow CPUs,
and very few extras. And there are plenty of Android
devices that fall in between these two extremes.
All these differences between Android
40 devices wind up creating huge headaches for app developers. They need to try to
ensure compatibility on many different devices, using dissimilar hardware, running various versions of the Android operating system, and must take into account any customizations made to the Android operating
system by the manufacturers.
The end result is apps mayhem. In some cases, the apps simply wont run on some devices. Other times, the apps run, but
certain features wont work. And in some instances, the apps
appear to run fine for a few minutes, but then suddenly stop
working.

1 . Baseado(a) nas linhas 1-12, diga

por que o Sistema operacional
Android chamado de OPEN
SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEM.
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2 . O que a fragmentao
conforme os exemplos fornecidos
nas linhas 11 16?
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3 .Liste as marcas tipogrficas que
voce consegue identificar no texto.
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4 .Quais as consequncias dos

problemas de compatibilidade em
dispositivos Android? (linhas 3347)
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TECH-WORDS
so palavras associadas
ao mundo das tecnologias
da informao e internet.

5. Escreva aqui as palavras e

termos tcnicos que esto ligadas
a temtica das tecnologias mveis.
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OS Sistema Operacional que executa nos produtos desenvolvidos pela Apple.
App Abreviao para aplicativo; Programa que roda no
dispositivo Android.