Android for beginners

I have put together a few links explaning about android, rooting it and all the jargon used, to give all you beginners a heads up;

About android
http://www.android.com/about/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

What all the jargon means
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Terminology

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619153
http://www.androidguide.co.uk/guide/android-basics

About rooting your phone and why

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205336/root_android_the_easy_way.html

You may hear about the android kernel and dont have a clue what it is, well read this (based on the linux kernel)

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/31632/what-is-the-linux-kernel-and-what-does-it-do/

ADB you will hear that mentioned a lot in android and rooting/modding your phone you will need to know about it

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

One of the most popular custom roms out
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/

Using the command line (windows) you need to know how to use it!
http://www.codejacked.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-command-prompt/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/
http://www.sureshotsoftware.com/articles/commandline.html (running a program from the command line)

Im going to assume that anyone running linux already knows how to use the terminal