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DaveC reports: <<I know that "Wi-Fi" is a term used to describe 802.xx
wireless networking. But what is the origin of the term? Ie, what's the "Fi"
in there for?>>
It's a play on the old term "hi-fi" used to market the first generation of
really good stereo systems. It stands for "high fidelity", which basically
means the sound sounded like the original, within the limitations of current
technology.
How far back beyond that the origin lies I can't say. A faint memory
(confirmed by www.aes.org/sections/uk/meetings/1299.html) tells me that it
may have referred to the first generation of really good LP records. (Anyone
remember LPs, or am I revealing my age? <g>)
--Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
580 boul. St-Jean
Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada
"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my
telephone."--Bjarne Stronstrup (originator of C++ programming language)
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