Bluetooth
[bloo-tooth]
- a brand name for a wireless networking technology that uses short-wave radio frequencies to interconnect cell phones, portable computers, and other wireless electronic devices.
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Contemporary Examples
Lewis-Kraus talks about writing the entire first draft of his book on his phone with a little foldable Bluetooth keyboard.
We are vaguely employed and have Bluetooth devices attached to our heads.
Historical Examples
He was nick-named Harold 'Bluetooth' (or perhaps 'Blacktooth').
Stories and Ballads of the Far PastNora Kershaw
Bluetooth
- trademark a short-range radio technology that allows wireless communication between a computer and a keyboard, between mobile phones, etc
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Word Origin
C20: after the 10th-century Danish King Harald Blatand (Harold Bluetooth), instrumental in uniting warring factions in Scandinavia
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