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12:54 Dec 3, 2009
English to German translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks Additional field(s): Internet, e-Commerce, Telecom(munications)
English term or phrase:hotspot
Definition from ATT-Promotions.com: A hotspot is a place where computers with wireless cards can pick up a network signal and get broadband Internet access.
Example sentence(s):
In a hotspot location multiple users who have a wireless enabled device like a laptop or PDA and are within range of the network's broadcast signal can share a cable or DSL broadband connection to get online at the same time, and best of all, at very fast speeds. wififreenet.com
The quality of the network can suffer depending on the number of users at a hotspot and also the method used to connect it to the internet. broadbandforjoe.com
Wireless internet access points, also known as "hotspots", allow users with their own computers access the internet at high speed without a wire. Dmitri Paranyushkin
Definition from Wikipedia: Ein Hotspot ist ein öffentlicher Zugangspunkt zu einem Funknetzwerk.
Example sentence(s):
In Frankreich gibt es Bestrebungen, die über öffentliche Hotspots zugänglichen Seiten von vornherein einzugrenzen. - Heise Online
Ein Wireless LAN (WLAN) abzusichern, ist nicht immer so einfach wie es uns die Hersteller von Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Points (AP), die auch Hotspots genannt werden, glauben lassen wollen. - m2w2.de
Ulrike Hoinkis Czech Republic Local time: 14:13 Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 4
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