{"id":12116,"date":"2011-11-18T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/android-ice-cream-sandwich\/"},"modified":"2011-11-18T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:46:09","slug":"android-ice-cream-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/27402\/android-ice-cream-sandwich-ics","title":{"rendered":"Android Ice Cream Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_android_ice_cream_sandwich_mean\">What Does Android Ice Cream Sandwich Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is a code name for the 4.0 version of the Android open source mobile operating system. The system debuted in November 2011 on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. 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