top | item 39497289 (no title) xref | 2 years ago Android Debug Bridge, for future readers discuss order hn newest shermantanktop|2 years ago I always mentally converted it to:Android De BuggerDoes that make sense? No. But that’s what I subliminally assumed it must mean. lubutu|2 years ago It does make sense — the Unix debugger has always been *db, with no bridges in sight.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger dhosek|2 years ago I was thinking Apple Desktop Bus. Obviously dating myself. greenyoda|2 years 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/
shermantanktop|2 years ago I always mentally converted it to:Android De BuggerDoes that make sense? No. But that’s what I subliminally assumed it must mean. lubutu|2 years ago It does make sense — the Unix debugger has always been *db, with no bridges in sight.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger
lubutu|2 years ago It does make sense — the Unix debugger has always been *db, with no bridges in sight.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger
dhosek|2 years ago I was thinking Apple Desktop Bus. Obviously dating myself. greenyoda|2 years 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/
greenyoda|2 years 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/
shermantanktop|2 years ago
Android De Bugger
Does that make sense? No. But that’s what I subliminally assumed it must mean.
lubutu|2 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Debugger
dhosek|2 years ago
greenyoda|2 years ago
https://www.unix.com/man-page/v7/1/adb/