Quiz: WiFi stands for ____?

[pne]

Nothing. In particular, it's not short for "wireless fidelity".

Go read this article, which has a quote from 'a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance who presided over the selection of the name "Wi-Fi"'.

Comments

[denial-land.livejournal.com]

Haha... yup, another thing I read on boingboing before... such useful site.

[allegrox.livejournal.com]

I knew it! I keep being told it stands for "wireless fidelity" or some such, but I've known all along that it was meaningless.

From the article:
"…a litmus test for whether a given article on WiFi is likely to be ill-informed…"

Who knew such a thing was related to pH?