Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is defined as an abbreviation for wireless fidelity, meaning 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.

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

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

Origin: < wi(reless) fi(delity), after hi-fi

See Wi-Fi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

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