January 9, 2009 7:34 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
3G,
ad-hoc networks,
MiFi,
personal hotspots,
wireless LANsOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is MiFi.
MiFi is a portable broadband wireless device about the size of a credit card that combines functions of a modem, router and access point. The device was designed to enable quick and...
January 6, 2009 2:52 AM
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Facebook,
microblogging,
quiz,
social networking,
TwitterOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is microblogging
Microblogging is a web service that allows the subscriber to broadcast short messages to other subscribers of the service. The broadcasts...
December 2, 2008 3:03 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
browsers,
CIO,
communications,
electronics,
email,
instant messaging,
open source,
Tech Trivia,
telecommunications,
wirelessThe WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Fennec.
Tech Trivia
What was the first mobile phone virus?
November 28, 2008 10:56 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
communications,
DARPA,
Networking,
Tech Trivia,
telecommunicationsThe WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Internet Routing in Space (IRIS).
Tech Trivia
Which protocol reassembles packets after...
November 11, 2008 11:58 AM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
communications,
electronics,
radio,
science,
Tech Trivia,
telecommunications,
white space,
wirelessThe WhatIs.com Word of the Day is cognitive radio.
Tech Trivia
Who demonstrated wireless communication in 1894?