WiFi technologies to change their name so that users can finally understand how they actually work

The long and confusing set of numbers that follow every WiFi name is finally disappearing. And it is being swapped for something far more simple. Anyone who has ever tried to buy a WiFi device has probably struggled with the arcane naming system that each of them is given. Each begins with 802.11, and then is followed by letters like "ac" – it's those letters that matter, but it can be hard to work out how and why. The codes actually refer to something very useful: different generations of WiFi technology, which bring with them upgrades and updates to things like the speed they can transmit data.