What does 'root' mean?

[IceDroid]

I've been searching for ways to use my G1 as a modem for my laptop. Some of theese threads ask if your G1 is rooted or unrooted... What exactly does that mean? How do I find out if it is or not? thanks

[gbk1]

Administrative rights.
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/linuxterms/index/root.html

[deserttopping]

if you haven't rooted your phone, you don't have it.

search around, and if you decide to:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f...de-easy-11825/

[Logic]

The only way you'd have root is if you flashed your ROM with a JF Update after reverting back to RC 29 and blah blah blah it's not that difficult of a process but you'd know you did it

do a search for rooting your g1 made easy if you're interested.