Bluetooth

[bloo-tooth]

noun Computers, Trademark.

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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Examples from the Web for bluetooth

Contemporary Examples of bluetooth

Lewis-Kraus talks about writing the entire first draft of his book on his phone with a little foldable Bluetooth keyboard.
On the Road With Gideon Lewis-Kraus: How I Write
Noah Charney
July 25, 2012
We are vaguely employed and have Bluetooth devices attached to our heads.
Why Is McDonald's Getting Fancy?
Mike Albo
December 28, 2009

Historical Examples of bluetooth

He was nick-named Harold 'Bluetooth' (or perhaps 'Blacktooth').
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past
Nora Kershaw

British Dictionary definitions for bluetooth

Bluetooth

noun

trademark a short-range radio technology that allows wireless communication between a computer and a keyboard, between mobile phones, etc

Word Origin for Bluetooth

C20: after the 10th-century Danish King Harald Blatand (Harold Bluetooth), instrumental in uniting warring factions in Scandinavia

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