Wireless Computing
Wireless computing refers to a network of computers and devices that are connected using a "wireless" network connection such as WiFi. From mobile devices to wireless printers and standards, our wireless computing dictionary offers a glossary of terms you should know.
Sub-Categories
Terms
- 1xRTT
- 3G
- 3G USB dongle
- 4G
- 802.11 IEEE wireless LAN standards
- 802.11a
- 802.11b
- 802.11e
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- 802.11r
- 802.11x
- 802.16
- 802.1x
- ad-hoc mode
- AirPort
- Aloha
- Amazon Echo
- analog-to-digital converter
- angle of inclination
- Anik
- antenna
- antenna array
- AP - Access Point
- apogee
- Apple HomePod
- Apple Pay
- Apple TV
- attitude control
- backhaul
- Basic Service Set
- beacon
- bird
- block down converter
- bluebugging
- bluejacking
- bluesnarfing
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 4.0
- BlueTooth USB (BT-USB)
- BREW
- BTS - base transceiver station
- BYOA – Bring Your Own Apps
- captive portal
- carputer
- CCK
- CDMA - Code-Division Multiple Access
- CDMA2000
- CDPD
- collocation
- communications satellite
- comsat
- COR - central outdoor router
- CTIA
- DAMA - Demand-Assigned Multiple Access
- DashPC
- DD-WRT
- DECT
- digital satellite system
- dipole antenna
- direct broadcasting satellite
- distribution system
- down converter
- downlink
- DSSS - direct-sequence spread spectrum
- dual-mode device
- duty cycle
- E911
- EAP - Extensible Authentication Protocol
- earth station
- echo
- echo canceller
- EDGE - Enhanced Data GSM Environment
- electromagnetic spectrum
- EMI - electromagnetic interference
- EMM - Enterprise Mobility Management
- Enhanced Message Service
- evil twin
- Evolution Data Only
- Evolution-Data Optimized
- ExpressCard
- Extended Service Set
- FHSS - frequency-hopping spread spectrum
- Fitbit
- fixed service satellite
- fixed wireless (wireless local loop)
- FON
- Fresnel Zone
- gateway
- GEO
- Geocaching
- geosynchronous satellite
- GGSN
- GOES
- GPR
- GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
- GPS - Global Positioning System
- greenfield
- GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications
- High Speed Packet Access
- high-gain antenna
- HiperLAN
- HomeRF - home radio frequency
- hotspot
- HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access
- HUSPA
- iBeacon
- IMEI- International Mobile Equipment Identity
- IMSI
- infrastructure mode
- IoS
- IRAP
- ITS
- jammer
- Ku band
- La Fonera
- LEO
- LMDS
- LOS - line of sight
- man-in-the-middle attack
- MCPC
- MEO
- MexE - Mobile Station Application Execution Environment
- MIMO - multiple-in, multiple-out
- Mobile IP
- ms
- MSISDN - Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number
- multiband antenna
- municipal Wi-Fi
- Near Field Communication
- NLOS - near line of sight
- nomadic wireless
- OBEX
- OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- OpenWRT
- PAN - Personal Area Network
- PCS
- PDP
- PEAP
- perigee
- pervasive computing
- piconet
- PLL
- PLMN
- PowerMat
- PPCP
- PQA
- Qi wireless charging
- Real Time Locating System
- Rezence
- RF - radio frequency
- RF site survey
- RF tag
- RFID - radio frequency identification
- RFID active tag
- RFID passive tag
- RFID printer
- RFMON
- ROCm
- rogue access point
- rogue peer
- rogue wireless device
- ROR
- S/key
- satellite broadband
- satellite radio
- scatternet
- SCPC
- SGSN - Service GPRS Support Node
- Shared Wireless Access Protocol
- SideJacking
- Sirius Satellite Radio
- SKU - stock keeping unit
- SMS - Short Message Service
- social routing
- solar fade
- spin stabilization
- SSID - service set identifier
- super-speed Internet
- tagging
- TDMA
- teleconference
- telematics
- terrestrial
- text messaging
- Tomato firmware
- transceiver
- transponder
- U-NII
- UIQ
- UMA - Unified Memory Architecture
- UMTS
- uplink
- UTRA
- UWB
- VoWi-Fi (Wi-Fi based VoIP)
- VSAT - very small aperture terminal
- WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
- WAP gateway
- Waptunnel
- warchalking
- wardriving
- waveguide
- WCA
- WCDMA
- WCSS
- WDP
- WDS - Wireless Distribution System
- Web clipping
- WECA
- WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
- Wi-Fi (wireless networking)
- Wi-Fi Alliance
- Wi-Fi Calling
- Wi-Fi detector
- Wi-Fi enabled
- Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Wi-Fi5
- Wide Area Augmentation System
- WiGig
- WiMAX
- WiMAX USB dongle
- wireless
- wireless ASP
- wireless bridge
- wireless charging
- wireless imaging
- wireless mesh network
- wireless modem
- wireless personal area network
- Wireless Zero Configuration
- Wireless-G
- WirelessHD
- WLAN - wireless local-area network
- WMM - Wi-Fi Multimedia
- WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
- WPA2 - Wi-Fi Protected Access 2
- WPA2-PSK
- WSP
- WTLS - Wireless Transport Layer Security
- WWAN - wireless wide-area network
- XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
- XHTML MP
- Xirrus Management System
- Xirrus Wi-Fi Array
- XM Satellite Radio
- yagi antenna
- ZigBee
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