2006-08-23 06:25:41 · 5 answers · asked by cloud93704 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Wifi is wireless internet access. A wifi hotspot is a place where you can connect to the internet wirelessly with your laptop or other device capable of connecting to the internet wirelessly.
2006-08-23 06:31:21 · answer #1 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wi-Fi, also, WiFi, Wi-fi or wifi, is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications.
Wi-Fi was intended to be used for mobile computing devices, such as laptops, in LANs, but is now often used for increasingly more applications, including Internet and VoIP phone access, gaming, and basic connectivity of consumer electronics such as televisions and DVD players. There are even more standards in development that will allow Wi-Fi to be used by cars in highways in support of an Intelligent Transportation System to increase safety, gather statistics, and enable mobile commerce IEEE 802.11p.
A person with a Wi-Fi device, such as a computer, telephone, or personal digital assistant (PDA) can connect to the Internet when in proximity of an access point. The region covered by one or several access points is called a hotspot. Hotspots can range from a single room to many square miles of overlapping hotspots. Wi-Fi can also be used to create a Wireless mesh network. Both architectures are used in Wireless community network, municipal wireless networks like Wireless Philadelphia [1], and metro-scale networks like M-Taipei [2].
Wi-Fi also allows connectivity in peer-to-peer mode, which enables devices to connect directly with each other. This connectivity mode is useful in consumer electronics and gaming applications.
When the technology was first commercialized there were many problems because consumers could not be sure that products from different vendors would work together. The Wi-Fi Alliance began as a community to solve this issue so as to address the needs of the end user and allow the technology to mature. The Alliance created another brand "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED" to denote products are interoperable with other products displaying the "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED" brand.
2006-08-23 06:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is wireless technology. for more read tata mc graw hill book on WiFi.
2006-08-23 06:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by Nits 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though this question has been answered I thought I would add links to where the locations can be found for WiFi.
HOPE it helps.
2006-08-23 09:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by ParaUnNormal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wireless internet
2006-08-23 06:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋