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Wi-Fi

Wi-fi is an abbreviation for wireless fidelity. It means that you can access or connect to a network using radio waves, without needing to use wires. (abbreviation)

An example of wi-fi is when you go to Starbucks and can join on their network to get on the Internet without having to connect your computer to any wires.

See Wi-Fi in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a wireless local area network that uses radio waves to connect computers and other devices to the Internet

also written WiFi

See Wi-Fi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(wīˈfīˌ)

A trademark for the certification of products that meet certain standards for transmitting data over wireless networks.

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