A new all-encompassing "buzzword" which describes what used to be called "radio", but which typically also implies some of the newer cellular or digital radio technologies as well
Describing radio-based systems allowing transmission or telephone and/or data signals through the air without a physical connection, such as a metal wire or fiber optical cable
All those cables hanging off of your computer can be annoying and they get in the way of making your laptop computer truly mobile, enter wireless! Wireless networking uses a special type of radio waves to connect you to the network, not as fast as the wired network connections available on campus, wireless still has the mobility advantage
A term that refers to a broad range of technologies that provide mobile communications for home or office, and "in-building wireless" for extended mobility around the work area, campus, or business complex It is also used to mean "cellular" for in- or out-of-building mobility services
In the "good old days" it referred to the trusty radio that brought you the BBC News Now it is more likely to mean devices that do not require wires to connect to the internet
Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves, rather than some form of wire, carry the signal over part or all of the communication path
Radio transmission via the airwaves Various communications techniques are used to provide wireless transmission including infrared line of sight, cellular, microwave, satellite, packet radio, and spread spectrum
It is possible to get Internet access via wireless options, think of a cordless phone or a cell phone It works the same way and is considered high speed or broadband Internet access
Literally, without wires Most often it is a phone system that operates without wires Wireless phones instead use radio waves or satellites to transmit their signals Cellular phones are the most common wireless devices
technology is rapidly evolving, and is playing an increasing role in the lives of people throughout the world In addition, ever-larger numbers of people are relying on the technology directly or indirectly (It has been suggested that wireless is overused in some situations, creating a social nuisance )
Shorthand for a radio or microwave connection Many believe that wireless broadband is only a few years away and will make debates over cable and telephone broadband obsolete
Radio-based systems that allow transmission of information without a physical connection, opposed to transmission systems, that require a physical connection, such as copper wire or optical fiber
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of communications that take place without the use of interconnecting wires or cables, such as by radio, microwave, or infrared