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The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a tool kit for Android developers, availiable for Windows

Microsoft Windows

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, Linux

Linux

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, and Mac OSX. Found as part of the Android SDK Platform-tools package, it consists of both client and server-side programs that communicate with one another. The ADB is typically accessed through the command-line interface

Command-line interface

A command-line interface is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks...

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Usage

The format for issuing commands through the adb is typically:

adb [-d|-e|-s ]

Security

In March 2011, Android was targeted using a "resource exhaustion attack" to attempt to install a rootkit on the target phone using ADB.

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