What does WiFi stand for? - was - Re: [LINK] LA joins Philadelphia in Free city wide WiFi
rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Fri Feb 16 19:16:06 AEDT 2007
Adam Todd wrote:
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> OK, in several discussions this week I have or others have posed the
> question:
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> What does WiFi stand for?
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> The "Wi" we know means wireless.
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> But traditionally the "Fi" means fidelity.
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> Can anyone on link - WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP - pose their suggestions.
Fi = Fidelity. Marketing dreamed it up in the late 1990s. It sucked
then, and it sucks now.
(I didn't have to look it up. I remember its original unveiling in
Australia at a press conference - 3Com I think? - which was greeted with
hilarity among the journalists.)
RC
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> I am yet to look it up anywhere and don't want to influence my position!
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