What is "Wi-Fi"?

What is "Wi-Fi"?

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Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi like Hi-Fi, it's all changing now. Wi-Fi is what wireless Internet is all about. It's a short-range wireless broadcast that allows you to turn your DSL or cable Internet connection into something wireless that can be transmitted over a short distance through your home or office. Wi-Fi has been standardized over the past several years and it's kind of like FM radio. Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi, there's no difference between Wi-Fi and a Mac or Wi-Fi and a PC. Different brands of wireless manufacturers all put out the same kind of Wi-Fi. You've probably heard terms like 802 11B or 802 11G; these have all become mostly standardized and it's now relatively easy and inexpensive to take your home DSL or cable Internet connection and turn it into a short-range wireless broadcast for your home or office, that can allow you to go wireless and go without strings like Pinnochio, and walk around with your computer and get the Internet.