| Also known as wireless, cordless is the ability to operate a device without any wires that may cause constricted movement. Cordless computer hardware devices commonly utilize such Infrared or Bluetooth. Cordless networks, more commonly known as Wi-Fi, utilize one of the IEEE 802.11 wireless standards to achieve wireless. Although a cordless hardware device requires no wires, it will commonly require some type of device to broadcast a signal; for example, a Bluetooth mouse may require a USB Bluetooth transceiver to send and receive signals from the mouse. In addition to this, all wireless hardware devices will require batteries to power the device or utilize power from the computer. Also see: Bluetooth,
Centrino, Cord, IEEE 802 standards, Infrared, Wi-Fi, WiMax | |
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