802.11: Wi-Fi standards and speeds explained

This isn’t so much “news” as a vocabulary refresher, but speaking the right lingo for your industry is timeless.*

After you’re done reading the article, you might want to print out this cheat sheet as a handy-dandy visual reference.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3238664/80211-wi-fi-standards-and-speeds-explained.html

*(as an example for this, yesterday I told my coworker that “I want to start learning SQL” and I pronounced the letters individually, S-Q-L. He very kindly pointed out that if I wanted to be one of the cool kids, the first thing I need to do is start speaking like not such a noob and pronounce it “sequel” like everyone else does :woman_facepalming:. Vocab is important!)