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n : a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals
to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred
feet; uses ethernet protocol [syn: wireless local area network, area network,
WLAN, wireless fidelity, WiFi] <networking> Either of two different
incompatible radio-based LAN protocols, namely 802.11b (which
speaks DSSS at 2.4GHz) and (which speaks OFDM at 5GHz). The
term was invented by the marketing departments of wi-fi equipment
manufacturers. It is, notionally, short for"wireless fidelity",
on the analogy of hi-fi for "highfidelity" audio.
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