Wireless is an english term that means "wireless network", in the translation into Portuguese.
This term is used to designate a computer network without the use of cables, operating through equipment that uses radio frequency, radio wave communication, or infrared communication.
Wireless is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected, and this distance can be short (television remote control, for example) or reach millions of kilometers, as the space radio communications system, by example.
The technology wireless is used since walkie talkies even artificial satellites in space, but their most common use is in computer networks, serving as a means of Internet access through remote locations such as offices, bars, airports, parks, and even in residences.
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O wireless has some classifications: personal networks or short distance (Wireless Personal Area Network - WPAN), local networks (Wireless Local Area Network - WLAN), metropolitan networks (
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network - WMAN) and geographically distributed or long-distance networks (Wireless Wide Area Network - WWAN).Learn more about the meaning of WLAN.
Some individuals confuse the fact that buildings and commercial establishments have wireless, that access to the internet will be free, which is not always the case.
For the sign of wireless can be distributed to other devices, as with wireless internet transmission, it is necessary to install a router or an adapter. These devices help to decode network waves wireless, facilitating access to the Wi-Fi signal ("wireless loyalty").
Learn more about the meaning of WiFi.