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What is WiFi and why is it an important technology?

April 26, 2017Technology wifi

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What is WiFi and why is it an important technology?

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WiFi, for Wireless Fidelity, is a wireless extension of Ethernet, the worldwide networking standard that gave rise to the Internet. WiFi is an industry worldwide standard technology for wireless connections that is inexpensive, widely available, accepted worldwide, and highly reliable. WiFi was invented in 1997 by Lucent Technologies. WiFi is now operating on its third generation of the technology with 802.11a and 802.11g versions at 54 Mbps (megabits per second). Earlier generation, completely compatible 802.