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Wi-FI (Wireless Fidelity)

A synonym for 802.11b wireless.

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hardly
by john

Hardly. Wifi is NO more synonymous with 802.11b than it is with 802.11a as a is clearly not b. WiFi is geranlly used (colloquially) with Wi-network; the Fi is generally ignored.


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