Wi-Fi

QUESTION -  

A very common instrument at our Offices and Offices was originally called by much less glamorous name ' IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence ' ?

ANSWER - 

' Wi-Fi '

Wireless Fidelity is a brand, originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN)

Wi-Fi is a term for certain types of wireless local area networks (WLAN) that use specifications in the 802.11 family. Products that pass the Wi-Fi Alliance tests for interoperability, security and application-specific protocols are labeled "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED," a registered trademark of the Alliance.

Vic Hayes, who held the chair of IEEE 802.11 for 10 years, and has been called the "father of Wi-Fi", was involved in designing the initial 802.11b and 802.11a standards within the IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)