Weird Facts

Tiny wonder 💡 Internet
Weird Facts

Wi‑Fi's original promotional name was IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence

Internet · Web History · V6.8 daily facts 2026-05-17

Marketers shortened the technical standard's name to "Wi-Fi" to make it consumer-friendly.

TopicInternet · Web History
SourceV6.8 daily facts 2026-05-17
Worth sharing?
Another fact All Weird Facts

Taste signal

CommunityNo votes yet
Total ratings0
Your signalNot rated

Be the first curiosity signal here. Once more people rate it, this section will show who gets pulled in by the same odd details.

More like this

💡 Spam email gets its name from a Monty Python sketchInternet 💡 The first computer worm was the Morris Worm in 1988Internet 💡 Slack started as a tool for an internal game studioInternet 💡 Wikipedia has an article about Wikipedia's own articleInternet 💡 The Mosaic browser made the web visualInternet 💡 The original Twitter character limit came from SMSInternet

Tips and insights

Create a profile to add tips or personal takes.
Sign up Log in
No tips yet. Add the first useful note for this item.