Wi‑Fi

E41426

IEEE 802.11 standard family wireless networking technology

Wi‑Fi is a widely used wireless networking technology that allows devices to connect to the internet and communicate over local area networks using radio waves.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Wi‑Fi canonical	11
Wi-Fi	6
High Efficiency Wi‑Fi	1
Passpoint	1
Shaw Go WiFi	1
Wi‑Fi 4	1
“Wireless In Philadelphia” (commonly cited backronym)	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IEEE 802.11 standard family ⓘ wireless networking technology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WiFi ⓘ Wi‑Fi networking ⓘ
basedOnStandard	IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
competesWith	Bluetooth ⓘ Ethernet ⓘ cellular data networks ⓘ
developedBy	Wi‑Fi Alliance ⓘ
enables	local network file sharing ⓘ media streaming ⓘ wireless internet access ⓘ
governedBy	Wi‑Fi Alliance certification ⓘ
hasComponent	access point ⓘ wireless client ⓘ wireless router ⓘ
hasRange	hundreds of meters outdoors ⓘ tens of meters indoors ⓘ
introduced	late 1990s ⓘ
isUsedIn	IoT devices ⓘ home networks ⓘ laptops ⓘ office networks ⓘ public hotspots ⓘ smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ
marketedAs	Wi‑Fi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wi‑Fi 4 Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ Wi‑Fi 6 ⓘ Wi‑Fi 6E ⓘ Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 7 ⓘ surface form: Wi‑Fi 7
operatesInFrequencyBand	2.4 GHz ⓘ 5 GHz ⓘ 6 GHz ⓘ
supports	device‑to‑device communication ⓘ internet access ⓘ wireless local area network ⓘ
supportsFeature	MIMO ⓘ beamforming ⓘ channel bonding ⓘ
supportsStandard	IEEE 802.11 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11a Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11ac Wi‑Fi 6 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11ax IEEE 802.11 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11n
usesAuthenticationMethod	enterprise authentication ⓘ pre‑shared key ⓘ
usesMedium	radio waves ⓘ
usesModulation	DSSS ⓘ OFDM ⓘ
usesSecurityProtocol	Wired Equivalent Privacy ⓘ surface form: WEP Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ surface form: WPA Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA2 ⓘ surface form: WPA2 Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ surface form: WPA3
usesTopology	ad hoc mode ⓘ infrastructure mode ⓘ mesh networking ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

macOS → supportsNetworkingProtocol → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

iBook → wirelessNetworking → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi

IEEE 802 family of standards → includesTechnology → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

WECA → hasBrand → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Vantage → technologyDomain → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

Wi‑Fi 6 → alsoKnownAs → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Efficiency Wi‑Fi

Surface RT → wirelessConnectivity → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

Wi‑Fi → marketedAs → Wi‑Fi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi‑Fi 4

Control Center → includesControlFor → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

subject surface form: Control Center (macOS)

Kismet → supportsProtocol → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED → technologyArea → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

Hedy Lamarr → influencedTechnology → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi

Hotspot 2.0 → alsoKnownAs → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passpoint

Shaw Communications → brand → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaw Go WiFi

CSMA → relatedTo → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

ev3dev → supportsNetworkingProtocol → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi

ASUS VivoTab RT → wirelessTechnology → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

Miracast → usesProtocol → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

PlayStation Vita → wirelessConnectivity → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi

WIP-FM → callSignMeaning → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Wireless In Philadelphia” (commonly cited backronym)

Wolverine → hasOnboardService → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

LG Wing smartphone → wirelessTechnology → Wi‑Fi ⓘ

subject surface form: LG Wing

this entity surface form: Wi-Fi