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noun
A bidirectional, high-speed, networked wireless communication technology similar to Wi-Fi but using visible light instead of radio waves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Coined by Harald Haas, the inventor of the technology, after Wi-Fi and as an abbreviation of light fidelity.
Across languages
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