[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
If you're new to rooting phones, you'll probably hear a lot of new terms thrown around and have absolutely no idea what they mean. The purpose of this guide it to help you understand these terms. This guide is a WIP (Work in progress) (see what I did there?), and I will keep updating it. I would love to have input from users here to add new terms. These were just the first few that popped into my head and though I should include them. I am sure there are many more. Hope you enjoy.

ADB: Android Debugging Bridge; software on your computer that allows you to run commands on your phone remotely. It can be used for anything from adding/removing files to getting ROMs to boot. It is a part of the Android SDK (see below).

Android SDK: The Software Development Kit for Android, which allows users to develop ROMs and edit software on their Android device, including helping to root it.

AOSP: the Android Open Source Project, essentially stock Android, which is Gingerbread at this time.

Bootloader/HBOOT: The software/code that starts before anything else on your phone, and governs whether software can be installed or not. You will probably hear the word "locked" associated with it, meaning that it will not allow you to install custom software, or "unlocked," which is the opposite.

CWM: Clockwork Mod Recovery; a custom recovery (see below) for your phone, possibly the most common one

Dalvik Cache: Android runs applications on something called the "Dalvik Virtual Machine," this is the cache for the DVM

Fastboot: a menu accessed through HBOOT that enables you to run commands through the corresponding program in the Android SDK

flash- to write software to your phone, usually in the context of flashing a ROM

Kernel: the bridge between the hardware and the software of your device. It governs how fast your processor runs, how much charge it pulls from the battery, and many more things.

Kernel governor: basically the mind behind the kernel that governs how fast the processor in your phone runs

Launcher: the "Desktop" of Android, which includes your homescreens

Nandroid: a complete backup of everything on your phone, down to the last byte of data. It is performed through recovery (see below.)

OTA: Over The Air (Update), basically an update sent to your phone by HTC and VZW via the network.

radio: the software on your device that governs cell service and how the radio hardware functions.

recovery: the software on your phone that allows you to make/restore backups and flash software

Root (Access): the ability to access the system files of your phone

ROM: stands for Read Only Memory, which is an outdated term, since the software can now be written to. It is basically a new set of software for your device that you usually flash though recovery.

Rosie: the default HTC Sense launcher

RUU: stands for Rom Update Utility, basically a stock ROM that you flash via HBOOT

S-OFF: the HTC signature check is disabled, meaning that the bootloader will allow you to flash custom software

Soft keys: In terms of our device, it means the four Android buttons (home, menu, back, and search) at the bottom of the phone. For Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich, it means the buttons in the bar at the bottom of the screen.

Stock: often used as "getting back to stock" or the "stock ROM," meaning the software that came with your device

VIVOW: HTC's codename for the Incredible 2

WIP: stands for Work In Progress, meaning that the ROM or tool or whatever is not very developed and is still very much being worked on.

Like I said, I would love to have YOUR ideas for words to add.