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Originally Posted by taustin
Installing a different operating system than what came on the device. Or, generally, a different variant of the same operating system (mostly, they're Android). The stock, off the shelf OS is generally pretty locked down. On a nook, for instance, you can only buy and run apps through B&N's app store, but if you install a generic version of Android, you can get apps from many different places.
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Actually, "rooting" means just gaining access to the root files of the device (the operating system). Rooting allows you to change the ROM (the operating system) or to just install files that normally you wouldn't be able to do.