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title: "What is Android?"  
description: "What is Android?"  
author: "Barbara Jones"  
published: 2014-10-28  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2231/what-is-android  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Android?

It is an open-sourced operating system that is used primarily on mobile devices, such as cell phones and tablets. It is a Linux kernel-based system that’s been equipped with rich components that allows developers to create and run apps that can perform both basic and advanced functions.

## Answers

### Answer by Barbara Jones

It is an open-sourced operating system that is used primarily on mobile devices, such as cell phones and tablets. It is a Linux kernel-based system that’s been equipped with rich components that allows developers to create and run apps that can perform both basic and advanced functions.


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