What is Android?
1.
A being that resembles a human or other living being.
A robot that was designed to mimic the behavior of and/or look like a human or other living being. As seen in films
Oh Gosh adam, your girlfriend emily is made of metal, she must be an android
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2.
A robotic creation designed to mimic the look and often behavior of a human male; from the Greek "andr-," meaning "man," and the suffix "-eides," meaning "of the species; alike." Female-form robots are known as "gynoids," although coloquially android or the gender-neutral diminuitive "droid" can refer to both.
"Dude, I built an android girlfriend!"
"So you built a boyfriend?"
"What?"
"Nevermind."
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3.
1. An automaton in the form of a human being.
2. Google's new open source operating system (OS) for smart phones. Currently the only phone with this OS is the HTC G1 provided by T-Mobile.
1. That guy must be an android to do math like that!
2. I hear the G1's android OS is what's going to make the G1 the iPhone killer!
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4.
A being that resembles a human or other living being.
A robot that was designed to mimic the behavior of and/or look like a human or other living being.
Androids that mimic people are called
If the
anime show has a science-fiction theme, it will most likely contain an android of some kind, be it animal, plant, or human.
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