# Wi-Fi
## English

* It has been requested that this entry be moved to wifi.

### Alternative forms

* wi-fi
* wifi
* WiFi

### Etymology

Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance).
Often analyzed as a shortened form of wireless fidelity (similar to how hi-fi is short for high fidelity); this is possibly due to the former slogan of the aforementioned Wi-Fi Alliance, The Standard for Wireless Fidelity.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwaɪ.faɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪfaɪ

### Noun

Wi-Fi (countable and uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)
* (networking, uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).
    Coordinate terms: Bluetooth, GPRS, IrDA, wireless internet, WISP, WLAN
* (networking, uncountable) Wireless networking using one of these standards.
    Mimi gave Fifi access to her Wi-Fi.
    This coffee shop has Wi-Fi for its customers.
** 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 13:He asked me if I knew the Wi-Fi password.
* (informal, uncountable) The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
    The refrigerator cost 1000 more dollars just because it had Wi-Fi, and I'm thinking "this is ridiculous"!
* (countable) A Wi-Fi network.

#### Derived terms

* wi-fi array
* Wi-Fi warrior
* WiFier
* WiFiless
* WiFilike
* what is the Wi-Fi password
* do you have Wi-Fi

#### Related terms

* hi-fi
* lo-fi
* WiMAX

#### Translations
### Verb

Wi-Fi (third-person singular simple present Wi-Fis, present participle Wi-Fi-ing, simple past and past participle Wi-Fied)
* To equip with Wi-Fi; to Wi-Fi enable.
** 2003 September 15, Scott Bradner, “So why isn't it wireless?,”, in Network World, volume 20, number 37:What type of electronics will be immune from being Wi-Fied?
** 2003, Business Week - Issues 3827-3830:The biggest market may be Wi-Fi-ing people's homes.
** 2004, Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh, William Arbaugh, Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i, page XVI:To Wi-Fi or Not to Wi-Fi?
** 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 10:There was no point in being off the grid if the vehicle you drove was Wi-Fied to it with every turn of the wheels.
* To connect to the internet using Wi-Fi.
** 2003, Newsweek - Volume 142, Issues 18-25, page 76:The hotel manager even claims he's seen Red Sox problem child Manny Ramirez Wi-Fi-ing in the lobby on his Palm.
** 2004, Harold Davis, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking, page 237:Perhaps someone sees you typing in confidential information while you are "Wi-Fi-ing" in a hotel lobby or a crowded airport waiting area.
** 2004, Vanity Fair - Issue 524, page 146:If Addison and Steele were alive and holding court at Starbucks, they'd be Wi-Fi-ing into a joint blog.

### See also

* AirPort
* HomeIR
* HomeRF
* PAN

### References

* ↑ Janice Reynolds (2003) Going Wi-Fi: Networks Untethered with 802.11 Wireless Technology, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 3: ““Wi-Fi” is a play on the old audio term “Hi-Fi” (high fidelity). The term also has been trademarked by the Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance).”
* ↑ Barrie Sosinsky (2009) Networking Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 356: “Wi-Fi was created by the Interbrand Corporation in 1999 to replace the name IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence, and it remains a brand name with no real relationship to the technology it describes.”

### Further reading

* Wi-Fi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Japanese

* Alternative spelling
* WiFi

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Wi-Fi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [β̞a̠iɸa̠i]

### Noun

Wi-Fi(ワイファイ) • (wai-fai)
* (networking) Wi-Fi

## Latvian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wi-Fi.

### Noun

Wi-Fi ? (invariable)
* Wi-Fi

## Portuguese
### Noun

Wi-Fi m or f (usually uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)
* Alternative spelling of wi-fi