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wifi

UK/ˈwaɪ.faɪ/US/ˈwaɪ.faɪ/
nounA2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Wifi is the invisible radio waves that bring the internet to your devices at home. Connect to the wifi.

It reaches about as far as a shout does, and walls with pipes in them stop it. The name wifi means nothing at all and was chosen by a branding company.

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Definitions of wifi

  1. 1nounwifiThe invisible radio waves that bring the internet to your devices at home.A2

    “The wifi drops out every time the microwave runs.”

wifi is a technology.

Also accepted in games: wireless, wi-fi

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *bʰeydʰ-

  2. English

    Wi-Fi

  3. English, today

    wifi

Wi-Fi Coined in analogy to hi-fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance).{{cite-book|year=2009|title=Networking Bible|author=Barrie Sosinsky|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|page=356|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DOREqR

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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