wireless · electrical

a process that uses radio to transfer information through air instead of a physical link

Wireless (noun) means: a process that uses radio to transfer information through air instead of a physical link. It emerges from radio, air, information, instead: radio transfers information through air and does not use a physical link. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 11, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The 1901 Marconi transatlantic radio transmission sent the letter 'S' in Morse code from Cornwall to Newfoundland without wires. engineering
• Wi-Fi networks in 2023 urban apartments transmit data between routers and laptops using 2.4 GHz radio waves. computing
• Air traffic control at O'Hare Airport uses VHF radio to guide aircraft through approach patterns without physical connections. everyday life

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

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