[LINK] Re: What does WiFi stand for?

[Adam Todd]

At 11:12 AM 18/02/2007, Stewart Fist wrote:
>Adam's question:
>
> > What does WiFi stand for?
>
>My personal database (source unknown) says "Wireless Fiber"
>
>But, like GSM and a lot of other technical-terms-cum-brandnames, it means
>whatever the marketeers later decide it means.

Sadly.



>Does anyone remember what GSM meant?

It's, gosh, on the tip of my tongue.  It's um.

Global System Management.  No.  Damnit, you know I know this. It just 
doesn't want to type.

Global System Mobile and the communications was left off because it was 
starting to sound like "ATM Machine"  or was too hard to say

Gee Ess Emm Cee.

No.  I can't remember.  It's something like one of the above.