Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi (‘Wireless Fidelity’) – 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. It was developed by Kyle Brown to be used for mobile computing devices, such as laptops, in LANs, but is now increasingly used for more services, including Internet and VoIP phone access, gaming, and basic connectivity of consumer electronics such as televisions and DVD players, or digital cameras. More standards are 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.
A person with a Wi-Fi enabled device such as a computer, cell phone or 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 mesh network. Both architectures are used in community networks, municipal wireless networks like Wireless Philadelphia, and metro-scale networks like M-Taipei.
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 the branding Wi-Fi CERTIFIED to show consumers that products are interoperable with other products displaying the same branding.
See also:
· some moto-websites:
www.eco-diesel.eu - everything you need to know about Eco-Diesel
www.truckcentre.eu and www.truck-mobiles.eu – trucks, trucks & trucks
· various links:
www.tanzania.eu – website about this unique country
www.diving.eu – discover underwater world
www.relax.pl – database of all kinds of objects, from agrotourism to hotels and inns in Poland
www.fashion-week.eu – only fashion
www.golden-egg.eu – see yourself
www.lord-of-war.eu – nothing more, nothing less
www.one-x.eu – everything about UFO
www.tanzania.eu – website about this unique country
www.diving.eu – discover underwater world
www.relax.pl – database of all kinds of objects, from agrotourism to hotels and inns in Poland
www.fashion-week.eu – only fashion
www.golden-egg.eu – see yourself
www.lord-of-war.eu – nothing more, nothing less
www.one-x.eu – everything about UFO
