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Android Debug Bridge, for future readers

• shermantanktop 3y ago
  I always mentally converted it to: Android De Bugger Does that make sense? No. But that’s what I subliminally assumed it must mean.
  • lubutu 3y ago
    It does make sense — the Unix debugger has always been *db, with no bridges in sight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger
• dhosek 3y ago
  I was thinking Apple Desktop Bus. Obviously dating myself.
  • greenyoda 3y ago
    "adb" was also the name of the debugger in early versions of UNIX. I remember using it in Version 7: https://www.unix.com/man-page/v7/1/adb/ https://www.unix.com/man-page/v7/1/adb/