"rooting" started up by meaning specifically to gain root access to the os. jailbreaking includes this step too, but out of need. the nice variety of root-acce

"rooting" started up by meaning specifically to gain root access to the os. jailbreaking includes this step too, but out of need. the nice variety of root-access apps you could normally install but unable to run become available after rooting. for many that is enough, without requiring kernel-level changes to make this work. besides this conceptual difference, they both are used interchangeably. for kindle jailbreaking makes sense as there is no built-in mechanism to support new features/apps.