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Q: What does "Wi-Fi" Mean?

My Subject line _is_ my question:  "What does 'Wi-Fi' Mean?"

 

I have my own guess:  "Wireless Fidelity".  Synonyms of Fidelity are Truth & Reliability.  [No, I will not discuss Politics!  :-) ]

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Posted on Oct 14, 2013 9:08 AM

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  • by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Oct 14, 2013 11:54 AM in response to Bob Novy
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    Oct 14, 2013 11:54 AM in response to Bob Novy

    The name[edit]

    The term Wi-Fi, commercially used at least as early as August 2000,[17] was coined by a brand-consulting firm called Interbrand Corporation. The Wi-Fi Alliance had hired Interbrand to determine a name that was "a little catchier than 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'".[18][19][20] Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance who presided over the selection of the name "Wi-Fi," also stated that Interbrand invented Wi-Fi as a play on words with Hi-Fi (high fidelity), and also created the Wi-Fi logo.

    The Wi-Fi Alliance initially used the advertising slogan, "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity",[18] for Wi-Fi but later removed the phrase from their marketing. Despite this, some documents from the Alliance dated 2003 and 2004 still contain the term Wireless Fidelity.[21][22] There was no official statement related to the dropping of the term.

    The yin-yang Wi-Fi logo indicates the certification of a product for interoperability.[21]

    Non-Wi-Fi technologies intended for fixed points such as Motorola Canopy are usually described as fixed wireless. Alternative wireless technologies include mobile phone standards such as 2G, 3G or 4G.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi