See also: wifi, WiFi , and wi-fi

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Wi-Fi logo

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Etymology [ edit ]

Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance).[1][2]

Often analyzed as a shortened form of wireless fidelity (similar to how hi-fi is short for high fidelity); this is possibly due to the former slogan of the aforementioned Wi-Fi Alliance, The Standard for Wireless Fidelity.

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Wi-Fi (uncountable)

( networking ) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11). Bluetooth GPRS IrDA wireless internet WISP WLAN ( networking ) Wireless networking using one of these standards. I'll send the file using Wi-Fi. This coffee shop has Wi-Fi for its customers. ( informal ) The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network. The refrigerator cost 1000 more dollars just because it had Wi-Fi, and I'm thinking "this is ridiculous"!

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^ Going Wi-Fi: Networks Untethered with 802.11 Wireless Technology , CRC Press, →ISBN , Janice Reynolds (2003), CRC Press, page 3 : ““Wi-Fi” is a play on the old audio term “Hi-Fi” (high fidelity). The term also has been trademarked by the Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance).” ^ Networking Bible , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN , Barrie Sosinsky (2009), John Wiley & Sons, page 356 : “Wi-Fi was created by the Interbrand Corporation in 1999 to replace the name IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence, and it remains a brand name with no real relationship to the technology it describes.”

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Wi-Fi m or f (in variation) (usually uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)