what is SSID in wireless networking?

Question

i want to understand what it means if i read some thing like 'Upto 16 SSIDs per access point'

Answer 1

Service Set Identifier
An SSID is the public name of a wireless network. All of the wireless devices on a WLAN must employ the same SSID in order to communicate with each other.


http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSID.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSID

Answer 2

SSID is Service Set Identifier