[Trivialibre] question "Que signifie le terme Wi-Fi ?"

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Salut !

Le Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:54:07 +0200,
guillaume pernot <gpernot at praksys.org> a écrit :

> "To understand the value of Wi-Fi Certification, you need to know
> that Wi-Fi is short for "Wireless Fidelity," and it is the popular
> name for 802.11-based technologies that have passed Wi-FI
> certification testing. This includes IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
> and upcoming 802.11 technologies."

Hum, intéressant. La proposition de question faite par coolun m'avait
interpellé, et avant de la valider, j'ai vérifié sur Wikipédia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wifi :

«
Despite the similarity between the terms "Wi-Fi" and "Hi-Fi",
statements reportedly [1] made by Phil Belanger of the Wi-Fi Alliance
contradict the popular conclusion that "Wi-Fi" stands for "Wireless
Fidelity".

According to Mr. Belanger, the Interbrand Corporation developed the
brand "Wi-Fi" for the Wi-Fi Alliance to use to describe WLAN products
that are based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. In Mr. Belanger's words,
"Wi-Fi and the yin yang style logo were invented by Interbrand. We (the
founding members of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, now
called the Wi-Fi Alliance) hired Interbrand to come up with the name
and logo that we could use for our interoperability seal and marketing
efforts. We needed something that was a little catchier than 'IEEE
802.11b Direct Sequence'."

The Wi-Fi Alliance themselves invoked the term "Wireless Fidelity" with
the marketing of a tag line, "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity," but
later removed the tag from their marketing. The Wi-Fi Alliance now
discourages propagation of the notion that "Wi-Fi" stands for "Wireless
Fidelity".
»

Qui a tort, qui a raison ? Il faudrait creuser.

En tout cas, merci de ton attention ! C'est très important que les
questions soient relues et vérifiées par le plus grand nombre de
personnes. Plus il y a d'yeux, mois il y a de bugs ! ;-)

Bonne soirée,

Thomas
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