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What is Wi-Fi?

Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network. The Wi-Fi Alliance certifies that network devices comply with the appropriate standard, IEEE 802.11. A Wi-Fi hotspot is the geographic boundary covered by a Wi-Fi access point. There were estimates that at the end of 2009 there were more than a quarter million public hotspots.



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