On: A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks

[agumonkey]

Funk means wireless ??

[dom0 → agumonkey]

Funk means RF/radio/wireless. The term originates from the first radio transmitter ever, which used spark gaps (spark = Funke, gap = Strecke/Spalte) to generate detectable RF.

So German Funk is actually directly related to the English funk (as in music) etymologically.

[agumonkey → dom0]

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

[photon-torpedo → agumonkey]

In this context, yes. More literally, Funk means radio, and the word for wireless would be "drahtlos".

[watersb → agumonkey]

Means "radio".