en.unionpedia.org

KaiOS, the Glossary

KaiOS is a mobile Linux distribution for keypad feature phones based on the Firefox OS open-source project.^[1]

93 relations: Advan (brand), Alcatel Mobile, Alfamart, Android (operating system), App store, ARM architecture family, AT&T, AV1, Avenir Telecom, Bullitt Group, C++, CNET, CSS, Doro (company), Embedded system, Energizer, Facebook, Feature phone, Firefox OS, Gecko (software), Gigaset Communications, GitHub, Global Positioning System, GNU General Public License, Google, Graphical user interface, HMD Global, Hong Kong, HTML, HTML5, India, Indonesia, Indosat, IOS, JavaScript, Jio, JioPhone, JioPhone 2, LinkedIn, Linux, Linux distribution, Linux kernel, LTE (telecommunication), Megabyte, Micromax Informatics, Mobile operating system, Mobile phone, Monolithic kernel, Mozilla, Mozilla Public License, ... Expand index (43 more) »
Embedded Linux distributions
Formerly open-source or free software
Gecko-based software
Software that uses XUL

Advan (brand)

Advan is an electronics company from Indonesia.

Alcatel (formerly Alcatel Mobile Phones and Alcatel OneTouch) (previously ALCATEL) is a French brand of mobile handsets owned by Finnish consumer electronics company Nokia and used under license by Chinese electronics company TCL Technology.

See KaiOS and Alcatel Mobile

Alfamart

PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk or Alfamart is a primarily-franchised Indonesian convenience store chain.

See KaiOS and Alfamart

Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. KaiOS and Android (operating system) are ARM operating systems, embedded Linux distributions, Linux distributions and mobile Linux.

See KaiOS and Android (operating system)

App store

An app store, also called an app marketplace or app catalog, is a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context.

See KaiOS and App store

ARM architecture family

ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.

See KaiOS and ARM architecture family

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.

See KaiOS and AT&T

AV1

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet.

See KaiOS and AV1

Avenir Telecom

Avenir Telecom is a telecommunication product distributor and services provider.

See KaiOS and Avenir Telecom

Bullitt Group

Bullitt Group Ltd was a British-based international mobile phone and consumer electronics business.

See KaiOS and Bullitt Group

C++

C++ (pronounced "C plus plus" and sometimes abbreviated as CPP) is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup.

See KaiOS and C++

CNET

CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

See KaiOS and CNET

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for specifying the presentation and styling of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML or XHTML).

See KaiOS and CSS

Doro (company)

Doro AB, known as Doro, is a Swedish consumer electronics and assistive technology company focused on the elderly and improving the lives of seniors.

See KaiOS and Doro (company)

Embedded system

An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.

See KaiOS and Embedded system

Energizer

Energizer Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer and one of the world's largest manufacturers of batteries, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

See KaiOS and Energizer

Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

See KaiOS and Facebook

Feature phone

A feature phone (also spelled featurephone), or brick phone, is a type or class of mobile phone that retains the form factor of earlier generations of mobile telephones, typically with press-button based inputs and a small non-touch display.

See KaiOS and Feature phone

Firefox OS

Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko, also known as B2G) is a discontinued open-source operating system made for smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, and dongles designed by Mozilla and external contributors. KaiOS and Firefox OS are ARM operating systems, embedded Linux distributions, Gecko-based software, Linux distributions, mobile Linux and software that uses XUL.

See KaiOS and Firefox OS

Gecko (software)

Gecko (stylized as ɢecko) is a browser engine developed by Mozilla. KaiOS and Gecko (software) are Gecko-based software.

See KaiOS and Gecko (software)

Gigaset Communications

Gigaset AG, formerly known as Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, is a German multinational corporation based in Bocholt, Germany.

See KaiOS and Gigaset Communications

GitHub

GitHub is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.

See KaiOS and GitHub

Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

See KaiOS and Global Positioning System

GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.

See KaiOS and GNU General Public License

Google

Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).

See KaiOS and Google

Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

See KaiOS and Graphical user interface

HMD Global

Human Mobile Devices (HMD), formally HMD Global, is a Finnish mobile phone manufacturer.

See KaiOS and HMD Global

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

See KaiOS and Hong Kong

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.

See KaiOS and HTML

HTML5

HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language 5) is a markup language used for structuring and presenting hypertext documents on the World Wide Web.

See KaiOS and HTML5

India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

See KaiOS and India

Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

See KaiOS and Indonesia

Indosat

PT Indosat Tbk, trading as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, abbreviated as IOH, is an Indonesian telecommunications provider which is owned by Ooredoo Hutchison Asia, a joint venture between Ooredoo and Hutchison Asia Telecom Group (a part of CK Hutchison Holdings) since 2022.

See KaiOS and Indosat

IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones. KaiOS and IOS are ARM operating systems.

See KaiOS and IOS

JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the Web, alongside HTML and CSS.

See KaiOS and JavaScript

Jio

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (d/b/a Jio) is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.

See KaiOS and Jio

JioPhone

JioPhone is a feature phone marketed by Jio which runs the KaiOS operating system.

See KaiOS and JioPhone

JioPhone 2

The JioPhone 2 is a feature phone marketed by Jio which runs the KaiOS operating system.

See KaiOS and JioPhone 2

LinkedIn is a business and employment-focused social media platform that works through websites and mobile apps.

See KaiOS and LinkedIn

Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

See KaiOS and Linux

Linux distribution

A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and often a package management system. KaiOS and Linux distribution are Linux distributions.

See KaiOS and Linux distribution

Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is a free and open source, UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide.

See KaiOS and Linux kernel

LTE (telecommunication)

In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.

See KaiOS and LTE (telecommunication)

Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

See KaiOS and Megabyte

Micromax Informatics

Micromax Informatics is an Indian multinational manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances, headquartered in Gurugram.

See KaiOS and Micromax Informatics

Mobile operating system

A mobile operating system is an operating system used for smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, smartglasses, or other non-laptop personal mobile computing devices.

See KaiOS and Mobile operating system

Mobile phone

A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).

See KaiOS and Mobile phone

Monolithic kernel

A monolithic kernel is an operating system architecture with the entire operating system running in kernel space.

See KaiOS and Monolithic kernel

Mozilla

Mozilla (stylized as moz://a) is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape.

See KaiOS and Mozilla

Mozilla Public License

The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is a free and open-source weak copyleft license for most Mozilla Foundation software such as Firefox and Thunderbird.

See KaiOS and Mozilla Public License

MTN Group

MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider.

See KaiOS and MTN Group

Multilaser

Multi, known by the old name of Multilaser, is an electronics company based in Brazil.

See KaiOS and Multilaser

Nokia

Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj in Finnish and Nokia Abp in Swedish, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1865.

See KaiOS and Nokia

Nokia 2720 Flip

The Nokia 2720 Flip is a Nokia-branded flip phone developed by HMD Global.

See KaiOS and Nokia 2720 Flip

Nokia 2760

The Nokia 2760 is a clamshell Mobile phone released by Nokia in 2007 and manufactured in Hungary.

See KaiOS and Nokia 2760

Nokia 800 Tough

The Nokia 800 Tough is a Nokia-branded mobile phone developed by HMD Global.

See KaiOS and Nokia 800 Tough

Nokia 8110 4G

The Nokia 8110 4G is a Nokia-branded mobile phone developed by HMD Global.

See KaiOS and Nokia 8110 4G

Nokia Asha series

Nokia Asha is a discontinued series of low-end feature phones and smartphones produced and marketed by Nokia.

See KaiOS and Nokia Asha series

NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXP) is a Dutch semiconductor designer and manufacturer with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

See KaiOS and NXP Semiconductors

Orange S.A.

Orange S.A. (formerly France Télécom S.A., stylised as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications company.

See KaiOS and Orange S.A.

Over-the-air update

An over-the-air update (or OTA update), also known as over-the-air programming (or OTA programming), is an update to an embedded system that is delivered through a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi or a cellular network.

See KaiOS and Over-the-air update

Positivo Tecnologia

Positivo Tecnologia (B3: POSI3, formerly Positivo Informática) is a Brazilian technology company headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná.

See KaiOS and Positivo Tecnologia

Privilege escalation

Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, a design flaw, or a configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

See KaiOS and Privilege escalation

Progressive web app

A progressive web application (PWA), or progressive web app, is a type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.

See KaiOS and Progressive web app

Proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

See KaiOS and Proprietary software

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS

Also known as GerdaOS, Kai OS, Kai Operating System, KaiOS Technologies, KaiOS Technologies Inc, KaiOS Technologies Inc., KaiStore.

, MTN Group, Multilaser, Nokia, Nokia 2720 Flip, Nokia 2760, Nokia 800 Tough, Nokia 8110 4G, Nokia Asha series, NXP Semiconductors, Orange S.A., Over-the-air update, Positivo Tecnologia, Privilege escalation, Progressive web app, Proprietary software, Qualcomm, QWERTY, Reliance Retail, Rooting (Android), Software versioning, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile US, T9 (predictive text), TCL Technology, TechCrunch, Tecno Mobile, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Verge, TracFone Wireless, Transport Layer Security, UNISOC, Unix-like, Video codec, Viettel, Voice over LTE, WebAssembly, WebGL, WebP, Wi-Fi, Wireless home phone, YouTube, 4G.

KaiOS, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Embedded Linux distributions

Formerly open-source or free software

Gecko-based software

Software that uses XUL

References