What Does Wi-Fi Stand For?

Wi-Fi (pronounced: /ˈwaɪfaɪ/), also known in Chinese as “Mobile Hotspot”, is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance manufacturers as a brand certification for products, and is a wireless local area network technology created based on the IEEE 802.11 standard.

The term Wi-Fi is commonly misunderstood to refer to Wireless Fidelity, and even the Wi-Fi Alliance itself often uses the term “Wireless Fidelity” in press releases and documents. Wi-Fi also appears in a paper by ITAA. However, in fact, the term Wi-Fi has no meaning and does not have a full form.

Example sentence: Free Wi-Fi served at all McDonald’s restaurants.

McDonald’s restaurants offer free Wi-Fi.

The Wi-Fi password is expressed in English as “Wi-Fi password”.

If you want to ask someone for the Wi-Fi password, you can say “What is the Wi-Fi password?” or “Can I have the Wi-Fi password, please?”

Having talked about Wi-Fi, do you know what WLAN means?

WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network, which means wired local area network in Chinese.

It refers to a network system that connects computer devices using wireless communication technology, allowing them to communicate with each other and share resources. The essential feature of a wireless local area network is that it no longer uses communication cables to connect computers to the network, but instead connects wirelessly, making the construction of the network and the mobility of terminals more flexible.

Note that the pronunciation is: / ˌdʌbljuː ˈlæn /.

Overall, Wi-Fi is a specific implementation within WLAN, a particular wireless network technology, while WLAN is a more general concept encompassing various wireless local area network technologies.

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