Wi-Fi

family of wireless network protocols
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Wi-Fi

Summary

Wi-Fi is a certification mark[1]. Wi-Fi ranks in the top 2% of certification_mark entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80,790 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wi-Fi's instance of is recorded as certification mark[3].
  • Wi-Fi's instance of is recorded as technical standard[4].
  • Wi-Fi's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[5].
  • wireless communication is named after Wi-Fi[6].
  • fidelity is named after Wi-Fi[7].
  • Wi-Fi's developer is recorded as Wi-Fi Alliance[8].
  • Wi-Fi is a type of wireless network[9].
  • Wi-Fi is a type of computer interface[10].
  • Wi-Fi is used for wireless network[11].
  • Wi-Fi's Commons category is recorded as Wi-Fi[12].
  • Wi-Fi is the opposite of No Wi-Fi[13].
  • Wi-Fi comprises Beacon frame[14].
  • September 15, 1997 marks the founding of Wi-Fi[15].
  • Wi-Fi was released on 1998[16].
  • Wi-Fi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wi-Fi[17].
  • Wi-Fi's partially coincident with is recorded as wireless LAN[18].
  • Wi-Fi's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/wifi[19].
  • Wi-Fi's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2848[20].
  • Wi-Fi's different from is recorded as Ethernet[21].
  • Wi-Fi's hashtag is recorded as wifi[22].
  • Wi-Fi's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • Wi-Fi's P14541 is recorded as ygSpx[24].
  • Wi-Fi's P14541 is recorded as 3Tm4LY[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include certification mark[3], technical standard[4], and communication protocol[5].

History and Context

September 15, 1997 marks the founding of Wi-Fi[15]. Things named after include wireless communication[6], a field of study[26] and fidelity[7], a virtue[27].

Why It Matters

Wi-Fi ranks in the top 2% of certification_mark entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80,790 views/month).[2] Wi-Fi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Wi-Fi is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wi-fi.org. Retrieved . wi-fi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . webopedia.com. Retrieved . webopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Back ache · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn'
    Sitelink count → 111
    Has part(s) → Beacon frame
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q4876004]]"
  2. 20d ago · ~2026-49709-38 · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1997-09-15T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 15 September 1997"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ygSpx, 3Tm4LY
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 17w ago · ~2026-32801-04 · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Beacon frame
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q124527554]]"
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