wireless
Transmitting without cords
Wireless describes technology that transmits signals without physical cables—through radio waves, infrared, or other electromagnetic means.
The café has free wireless.
As a noun, wireless can mean a wireless network or, in older British usage, a radio: listening to the wireless.
The term gained new currency with WiFi and mobile technology.
Composed of small units
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- cellBasic unit of life
smartphone · hotspot · roaming · carrier · coverage · tower · SIM · data
Rate of recurrence
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- spectrumContinuous range of values
antenna · signal · AM · FM · airwaves · tuning · modulation · shortwave
Close-proximity communication protocol
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- pairingJoining two together
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
mesh · dongle · adapter · streaming · sync · handshake · protocol · latency
cellular
Composed of small units
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
cell · smartphone · hotspot · roaming · carrier · coverage · tower · SIM · data · network
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
spectrum · antenna · signal · AM · FM · airwaves · tuning · modulation · shortwave · bandwidth
NFC
Close-proximity communication protocol
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- pairingJoining two together
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
modem · mesh · dongle · adapter · streaming · sync · handshake · protocol · latency · throughput
untethered
Not fastened to anything
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- rechargeableAble to regain power
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
portable · mobility · charging · inductive · remote · headphones · earbuds · mouse · keyboard · speaker
Marconi
Radio telegraphy pioneer
- radiotelegraphCordless Morse communication device
- maritimeOf the sea
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
spark-gap · shipboard · distress · SOS · operator · key · dots · dashes · pioneer · invention
- communication methodsphone line, radio, telephone, television, text
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
- tech termsinternet, code, emoji, email, username
- telecomcellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone, broadband
- wireless networkCable-free internet connection
- wireless routerDevice broadcasting home internet
- wireless earbuds
- wireless signalElectromagnetic communication transmission
- wireless headphonesCordless personal audio devices
- wireless chargerCordless power transmitter