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Old 21-02-2018, 08:46 AM
sharkbite
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Originally Posted by OICURMT View Post
I assume everyone knows that the origination of "rooting" is to get "root access" to the operating system (super-user or adminstration access).

The default administrator username for all Unix, Linux, Android flavors is "root".
Yeah we get that....

Down here in oz "rooting" can mean a number of other things,
hence the cloaked hilarity in the posts.

Explanation of some of these Australian definitions would be
impolite for a family forum such as this one.

See if you can find an expat to explain them to you.
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