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  2. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    A hotspot is a physical location where people can obtain Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technology, via a wireless local-area network (WLAN) using a router connected to an Internet service provider.

  3. Hotspot (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Hotspot volcanoes are considered to have a fundamentally different origin from island arc volcanoes. The latter form over subduction zones, at converging plate boundaries. When one oceanic plate meets another, the denser plate is forced downward into a deep ocean trench.

  4. Hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Hotspot (geology), an area of unusually high volcanic activity; Hot spot (veterinary medicine), an irritated skin lesion; Hot spot, a location with a high level of radioactive contamination; Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant variety and variability of life; Hot spot effect in subatomic physics, regions of high energy density or ...

  5. Tethering - Wikipedia

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    Tethering over Wi-Fi, also known as Personal Hotspot, is available on iOS starting with iOS 4.2.5 (or later) on iPhone 4 or iPad (3rd gen), certain Windows Mobile 6.5 devices like the HTC HD2, Windows Phone 7, 8 and 8.1 devices (varies by manufacturer and model), and certain Android phones (varies widely depending on carrier, manufacturer, and ...

  6. Wi-Fi - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi (/ ˈ w aɪ f aɪ /) [1] [a] is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

  7. MiFi - Wikipedia

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    A Novatel MiFi 2372 "Intelligent Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot" MiFi is a brand of wireless router that acts as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot device.. In many countries, including The United States, Canada, and Mexico, Inseego Corp. (previously known as Novatel Wireless) [1] owns a registered trademark on the "MiFi" brand name; in the United Kingdom, mobile operator Hutchison 3G owns the "MiFi" trademark.

  8. Wireless access point - Wikipedia

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    Some APs support hotspot style authentication using RADIUS and other authentication servers. Opinions about wireless network security vary widely. For example, in a 2008 article for Wired magazine, Bruce Schneier asserted the net benefits of open Wi-Fi without passwords outweigh the risks, [ 8 ] a position supported in 2014 by Peter Eckersley ...

  9. Wireless LAN - Wikipedia

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    This notebook computer is connected to a wireless access point using a PC Card wireless card. An example of a Wi-Fi network. A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building.