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[–] 29 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Wi-fi is a wireless connection, hence the "wi" part, but sending wireless signals is not new - smoke signals are another option, so my network is the full name: Wireless fireless.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I find it funny that they thought to copy "Hi-Fi" when fidelity isn't really how 802.11 works since it has an entire digital layer, though now I kinda of miss that they dropped it lol.

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