800-pound gorilla
noun
a difficult situation that is menacing or obvious but not discussed or addressed
examples
there are a few 800-pound gorillas facing the next president.
800-pound gorilla1
noun
someone or something that is overbearing or uncontrollable due to power or size
examples
people refer to microsoft at times as an 800-pound gorilla.
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networking a radio-based lan protocol which speaks ofdm at 5ghz, one of the two wi-fi protocols. (2003-09-02)
- 802.11b
networking an ieee wireless local area networks (wlan) standard protocol which speaks dsss at 2.4ghz. 802.11b is one of the two wi-fi protocols. it operates at 11 megabits per second (mbps) compared with 802.11g which operates at 54 mbps. (2004-01-11)
- 802.11g
networking, standard an ieee wireless local area network (wlan) standard protocol, expected to be approved in june 2003. 802.11g offers wireless transmission over relatively short distances at up to 54 megabits per second (mbps). 802.11g operates in the 2.4 ghz range and is thus compatible with 802.11b (11 mbps wi-fi). (2004-01-11)