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Going wireless

Going wireless

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Going wireless

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- [Instructor] I believe wireless computing is more of a goal than an achievement. The two items to consider are a wireless networking adapter, and a Bluetooth adapter to access wireless peripherals such as a keyboard or mouse. Bluetooth is a wireless standard for connecting peripherals. It's technology is based on the ancient RS-232 standard for the old PC serial port. This port was versatile, allowing a variety of devices to connect to a computer, including a mouse, scanner, modem, and well, even your car can be a Bluetooth peripheral. Bluetooth technology allows your computer to connect to a pantheon of interesting wireless peripherals. These include input devices such as a keyboard or mouse, headphones, monitors, and yeah, your car, though it's more likely, you'll connect your smartphone to a car than a computer. Most of today's small format PCs and laptops come with a Bluetooth radio installed, and I'll show you how…

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