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An interesting case is "WiFi", short for "wireless fidelity". "Fidélité sans fil" in French should be feminine, but every technical person says "le WiFi" (mascu

• ButlerianJihad 8d ago
  If you keep your access point secure and in good working order, or if you can flash any firmware into OpenWRT... make sure to publicly credit your excellent "Wi-fu"
  • hobo123 8d ago
    Better keep the wifi working, or your waifu could get angry.
• wpollock 8d ago
  WiFi is not an acronym for "wireless fidelity"; the developers likely just thought it sounded cool. The term is probably just a play on the words from the audio term "high fidelity". The phrase "Wireless Fidelity" is meaningless. The more you know!
  • echoangle 8d ago
    Wiki on wifi: > It is disputed whether the name Wi-Fi is short-form for 'Wireless Fidelity',[34] although the Wi-Fi Alliance did use the advertising slogan "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity" for a short time after the brand name was created,[31][35] referenced "the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) logo" in a white paper[33] and the Wi-Fi Alliance was also called the "Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc." in some publications.[36] IEEE, a separate but related organization, has stated "WiFi is a short name for Wireless Fidelity" on their website.[37][38] The name Wi-Fi was partly chosen because it sounds similar to Hi-Fi, which consumers take to mean high fidelity or high quality. Interbrand hoped consumers would find the name catchy, and that they would assume this wireless protocol has high fidelity because of its name.[39] So it’s not really safe to say it’s not meant to mean wireless fidelity, in fact it sounds pretty likely.