2007-10-05 02:53:52 · 23 answers · asked by Man at large 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It doesn't have to be plugged in to a wall, making it mobile.
2007-10-05 03:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by wildeyedredhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any object that does not need to be connected to anything else with wires... I guess a banana is wireless, but that speaks for itself. It usually refers to things that once had some sort of electrical connection and not necessarily a power supply but sometimes for communication purposes.
An example of that is remote controls. The original VCR with remote had a wire connecting the two.. Pretty inconvenient, ha? A wireless mouse, printer, phone, drill.
2007-10-05 10:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Randy L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wireless means any type of electrical or electronic operation done without the use of a wired connections. It is transference of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors. It could be a very short distance like from your remote control to the TV to very long distance communications for radio or satellite
2007-10-05 10:11:22 · answer #3 · answered by Ink Corporate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wireless - alternative term for radio - the original radios (cat's whisker or crystal sets) had a crystal and a wire to make contact and "tune" to the station. The "new" radios (with valves) were, therefore, wireless.
2007-10-05 12:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by Pedantic Scorpion 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A wireless signal being transmitted to a device or receiver, therefore eliminating "wires" hence the term wireless.
2007-10-05 10:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by kUsHmAn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wireless is what Americans call radio. As with everything else, it's caught on over here.
2007-10-05 16:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wireless means without wire
any communication made by transmitting signals without the use of wires is called wireless. It may be telegraphic codes, military signals or the equipment using it.
2007-10-05 12:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandma called the radio the wireless.
2007-10-05 10:48:34 · answer #8 · answered by trancebabe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wireless people going on holiday.
2007-10-05 10:01:45 · answer #9 · answered by elizadushku 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having read all the answers so far, it has given me a laugh.
I am old enough to remember the 'wireless'.Now the radio.
I'm also old enough to remember going to the pictures.
2007-10-07 17:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by annie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd take it as it says, wireless as in without wires.
2007-10-05 10:04:23 · answer #11 · answered by nosy old lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋