What does the “Fi” in “Wi-Fi” mean?

[Tyrone Munoz]

Is there a meaning behind the ‘Fi’ in ‘Wi-Fi’?

[Ashurohilla]

You know, I actually wondered the same thing a while back—what the “Fi” in “Wi-Fi” stands for. I always assumed it meant something like “fidelity,” like “Hi-Fi” does for sound systems.

But turns out… it doesn’t mean anything at all.

Seriously. It was just a name someone made up to make wireless networking sound cooler and easier to remember.

The actual tech is called IEEE 802.11—yeah, not exactly catchy. So they went with “Wi-Fi” because it sounded kind of familiar and marketable. That’s it. No deep meaning.

Just clever branding that worked really well. Funny how that stuff sticks, right?

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