Wi-Fi
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Etymology
Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance).
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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Noun
Wi-Fi (countable and uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)
- (networking, uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).
- (networking, uncountable) Wireless networking using one of these standards.
- Mimi gave Fifi access to her Wi-Fi.
- This coffee shop has Wi-Fi for its customers.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 13:
- He asked me if I knew the Wi-Fi password.
- (informal, uncountable) 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"!
- (countable) A Wi-Fi network.
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Translations
computing: wireless data communication standard
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Verb
Wi-Fi (third-person singular simple present Wi-Fis, present participle Wi-Fi-ing, simple past and past participle Wi-Fied)
- To equip with Wi-Fi; to Wi-Fi enable.
- 2003 September 15, Scott Bradner, “So why isn't it wireless?,”, in Network World, volume 20, number 37:
- What type of electronics will be immune from being Wi-Fied?
- 2003, Business Week - Issues 3827-3830:
- The biggest market may be Wi-Fi-ing people's homes.
- 2004, Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh, William Arbaugh, Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i, page XVI:
- To Wi-Fi or Not to Wi-Fi?
- 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 10:
- There was no point in being off the grid if the vehicle you drove was Wi-Fied to it with every turn of the wheels.
- To connect to the internet using Wi-Fi.
- 2003, Newsweek - Volume 142, Issues 18-25, page 76:
- The hotel manager even claims he's seen Red Sox problem child Manny Ramirez Wi-Fi-ing in the lobby on his Palm.
- 2004, Harold Davis, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking, page 237:
- Perhaps someone sees you typing in confidential information while you are "Wi-Fi-ing" in a hotel lobby or a crowded airport waiting area.
- 2004, Vanity Fair - Issue 524, page 146:
- If Addison and Steele were alive and holding court at Starbucks, they'd be Wi-Fi-ing into a joint blog.
See also
References
- ^ Janice Reynolds (2003) Going Wi-Fi: Networks Untethered with 802.11 Wireless Technology, CRC Press, →ISBN, 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).”
- ^ Barrie Sosinsky (2009) Networking Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, 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 (usually uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)
- Alternative spelling of wi-fi