Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To equip with Wi-Fi; to Wi-Fi enable. · To connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi.
Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11). · Wireless networking using one of these standards. · The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network. · A Wi-Fi network.
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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- Root classification mention*bʰeydʰ-ine-pro
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