Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA bidirectional, high-speed, networked wireless communication technology similar to Wi-Fi but using visible light instead of radio waves.
Coined by Harald Haas, the inventor of the technology, after Wi-Fi and as an abbreviation of light fidelity.
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