RBC | First things first… What does WiFi stand for? Well, no one really knows for sure. It does NOT stand for “Wireless Fidelity” as was reported in a news release back in the fall of 1997. Technically speaking, the term “WiFi” or “Wi-Fi” is a trademarked nickname for the definition of the IEEE 802.11x wireless networking standard. That’s it… No mystery. Just a nickname for wireless network technology.
Back in 2000, I wrote a…