Bluetooth is the name of a wireless technology standard for connecting devices, set to replace cables.
- It uses radio frequencies in the 2.45 GHz range to transmit information over short distances of generally 33 feet or less.
- By embedding a Bluetooth chip and receiver into products, cables that would normally carry the signal can be eliminated.
- Bluetooth is named after King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark, who in the 930s AD consolidated warring factions of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
- This ability of the system to establish peaceful communication between differing peoples is a metaphor for the ability to connect devices from differing technologies.
Related article: Police fight city centre crime with BluetoothPolice will begin using a new way of getting advice and appeals for information, which they hope will help them cut down on crime in the city centre.
02 May 2008
More online: How Bluetooth Works - electronics.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth.htm.
Bluetooth - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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