"root" the phone?

[rikura4u]

I've done some searching around the website, and see how many people talk about it, however(excure my ignorance), I can not figure out the term "root" means. Anybody care to give me some words of wisdom? Thanks!

AG:blink:

 

[LifeIsABeach]

I don't really care for the thread title, but the sticky in the Hack section expalins it.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/632-what-root-means-stop-asking.html