Wi-Fi is a way of connecting to a computer network, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another using radio waves instead of wires.
The concept of Wi-Fi was created by Hollywood movie star Hedy Lamarr. Her mathematical background and friendship with composer George Antheil created the very foundation of WiFi connectivity we use today. Their objective during World War II was to allow torpedo radio signals to hop between frequencies to avoid jamming. One of the broadcast standards derived from this concept is WiFi.
The Australian radio-astronomer Dr John O'Sullivan and his team at Melbourne's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are credited with inventing Wi-Fi during a failed experiment to detect tiny black holes. CSIRO obtained patents in 1992 and 1996 for a method later used in Wi-Fi to "unsmear" the signal.
The first version of Wi-Fi was released in 1997, and provided up to 2 Mbit/s link speeds. This was updated in 1999 to permit 11 Mbit/s link speeds.
The major commercial breakthrough came with Apple Inc. adopting Wi-Fi for their iBook series of laptops which was unveiled by Steve Jobs on June 21, 1999. It was the first mainstream computer designed and sold with integrated wireless networking. The Wi-Fi network connectivity was branded at the time by Apple as AirPort.
The name Wi-Fi, commercially used at least as early as August 1999 was coined by the brand-consulting firm Interbrand. They named the technology like that just because it rhymed with "hi-fi." It replaced the less catchy name "IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum."
Wifi' does not actually stand for 'Wireless Fidelity'. It's not short for anything at all and is a made up word.
The concept of Wi-Fi was created by Hollywood movie star Hedy Lamarr. Her mathematical background and friendship with composer George Antheil created the very foundation of WiFi connectivity we use today. Their objective during World War II was to allow torpedo radio signals to hop between frequencies to avoid jamming. One of the broadcast standards derived from this concept is WiFi.
The Australian radio-astronomer Dr John O'Sullivan and his team at Melbourne's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are credited with inventing Wi-Fi during a failed experiment to detect tiny black holes. CSIRO obtained patents in 1992 and 1996 for a method later used in Wi-Fi to "unsmear" the signal.
The first version of Wi-Fi was released in 1997, and provided up to 2 Mbit/s link speeds. This was updated in 1999 to permit 11 Mbit/s link speeds.
The major commercial breakthrough came with Apple Inc. adopting Wi-Fi for their iBook series of laptops which was unveiled by Steve Jobs on June 21, 1999. It was the first mainstream computer designed and sold with integrated wireless networking. The Wi-Fi network connectivity was branded at the time by Apple as AirPort.
The name Wi-Fi, commercially used at least as early as August 1999 was coined by the brand-consulting firm Interbrand. They named the technology like that just because it rhymed with "hi-fi." It replaced the less catchy name "IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum."
Wifi' does not actually stand for 'Wireless Fidelity'. It's not short for anything at all and is a made up word.
The Wi-Fi Alliance was formed on August 3, 1999, by a group of 11 companies, including Aironet, Compaq, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Symbol Technologies, and Toshiba. The goal of the Wi-Fi Alliance was to promote the adoption of wireless networking technology and to ensure that products bearing the Wi-Fi trademark were interoperable.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has been successful in achieving its goals. Today, there are over 800 member companies in the Wi-Fi Alliance, and Wi-Fi is the most widely used wireless networking technology in the world. Wi-Fi is used in a wide variety of devices, including laptops, smartphones, tablets, and printers.
Lady Gaga's Italian/American father, Joe Germanotta, started a company called Guest Wi-Fi in 2002, which installed wireless internet access in hotels. Germanotta was quite a pioneer as 2002 was the dark ages of hotel Wi-Fi.
A dot with curved lines radiating from it is a common symbol for Wi-Fi, representing a point transmitting a signal.
In 2003, the Polynesian island of Niue created an all-island Wi-Fi network, creating the first nationwide, free Wi-Fi network in the world.
Taiwan became the first country to offer free Wi-Fi to all tourists in 2013. They were able to connect through over 4,000 hotspots all over the island.
The moon has Wi-Fi. It comes all the way from Earth, beamed by four infrared telescopes.
Boeing uses potatoes to test their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they reflect and absorb the signals similarly to people. The project is called Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution- or SPUDS.
The statue of Nikoli Tesla in Silicon Valley provides free Wi-Fi.
The statue of Nikoli Tesla in Silicon Valley provides free Wi-Fi.
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