over-the-air
Without physical connection
Over-the-air describes wireless transmission of signals or data, without cables or physical connection.
Television and radio stations broadcast over-the-air, receivable with an antenna: We cut cable and switched to over-the-air TV.
Software updates delivered wirelessly to phones or devices are over-the-air updates: The fix came through an over-the-air patch.
Often abbreviated OTA.
transmission
Sending of information
terrestrial · reception · tuner · channel · frequency · airwaves · tower · digital · analog · HDTV
firmware
Hardware's permanent programming
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- patchMaterial covering damage
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
wireless · push · automatic · OTA · smartphone · iOS · Android · Tesla · device · carrier
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- Analog TVcathode ray tube, CRT, tube TV, rabbit ears, VHF
- broadcast receptionantenna, broadcast, signal strength, OTA, broadcast signal
- updatesupdate, updates, patch, hotfix, upgrade