wifi

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A form of wi-fi — Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).

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wireless local area networkWLANwireless fidelity
CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

wifi1

nounwifi (countable and uncountable, plural wifis)

plural wifis

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Wi-Fi.
verbwifi (third-person singular simple present wifis, present participle wifi-ing, simple past and past participle wified)

present singular third person wifis · participle present wifi-ing · participle past wified · past wified

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Wi-Fi.

WiFi2

nounWiFi (countable and uncountable, plural WiFis)

plural WiFis

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of Wi-Fi.
verbWiFi (third-person singular simple present WiFis, present participle WiFi-ing, simple past and past participle WiFied)

present singular third person WiFis · participle present WiFi-ing · participle past WiFied · past WiFied

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Wi-Fi.

    A WiFi-ing We Will Go ?

    2003, The Information Management Journal - Volume 37, Issues 1-5, page 17
    2 more examples

    Just like the aforementioned consumer and durable products made their way into the remotest parts of the country, the smartphones are 4G-ing and WiFi-ing their way into the hamlets today.

    2017 July 5, Derek Abraham, “Vivo, Oppo, IPL, and the Chinese invasion of cricket”, in The Hindu

    But during the past three capital bills, we’ve probably spent more than $5 million on laboratories, the Gator Center (updates), fully WiFi-ing the campus and campus security,” a $500,000 card-based system for faculty and students.

    2020 January 20, Linda Harris, “EGCC making plans for the future”, in The Steubenville Herald Star

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol

Similar
wireless local area networkWLANwireless fidelity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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