Wi-Fi
Computers, Trademark.
1.
a brand name certifying that a device or other product is compatible with a set of broadband wireless networking standards.
noun
1.
(computing) a system of accessing the internet from remote machines such as laptop computers that have wireless connections
networking
Either of two different incompatible radio-based LAN protocols, namely 802.11b (which speaks DSSS at 2.4GHz) and 802.11a (which speaks OFDM at 5GHz).
The term was invented by the marketing departments of wi-fi equipment manufacturers. It is, notionally, short for “wireless fidelity”, on the analogy of hi-fi for “high fidelity” audio.
(2003-09-02)
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