Yup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi#The_Wi-Fi_name

On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Brian ONeal wrote:

> It supposed to be fidelity. Like Hi-Fi.
> 
> Brian  O'Neal
> 
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
> 
> Yes, I tried to read up on it, but nobody said anything in all the googling I 
> did about the 'fi' . All those letters for me should mean  something rather 
> than sit there for nothing. Even in a wi-fi alliance the 'fi' should stand 
> for something. 
> Marta
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 20:19 PM, Daniel Mickelsen wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Marta Edie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> What does the "fi" in wifi stand for wireless -- what?
>> 
>> Probably nothing, really. It was a name dreamed up by the marketers at the 
>> Wi-Fi Alliance when they changed their name from the far less catchy WECA 
>> back in the 90s. They're a trade group that tries to make sure the 802.11 
>> wireless standards are satisfied.
>> 
>> -dan
>> 
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