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CyanogenMod (CM) is a discontinued popular open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.

Although the CyanogenMod name has been discontinued, rebranded development continues under the LineageOS name.

It was developed as free and open source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code, and based on a rolling release development model.

Although only a subset of total CyanogenMod users elect to report their use of the firmware, as of 23 March 2015, some reports indicate that over 50 million people run CyanogenMod on their phones.

It was also frequently used as a starting point by developers of other ROMs.

MIUI (which stands for Mi User Interface and pronounced "Me You I", a play on the common abbreviation of the words user interface as UI), developed by Xiaomi, is a stock and aftermarket firmware for smartphones and tablet computers based on the Google Android operating system.

MIUI includes various features such as theming support.

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Android's user interface is mainly based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input.

In addition to touchscreen devices, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Android Wear for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface.

Variants of Android are also used on notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, and other electronics.

Rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as root access) over various Android subsystems.

As Android uses the Linux kernel, rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as on Linux or any other Unix-like operating system such as FreeBSD or OS X.

The Motorola Droid (GSM/UMTS version: Motorola Milestone) is an Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system.

The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855.

In Latin America and Europe, the model number is A853 (Milestone), and in Mexico, the model number is A854 (Motoroi).

Due to the ambiguity with newer phones with similar names, it is also commonly known as the DROID 1.

The brand name Droid is a trademark of Lucasfilm licensed to Verizon Wireless.