wireless adapter

[ wahyer-lisuh-dap-ter ]

nounDigital Technology.

a device that can be plugged into a USB port to enable wireless access from a computer to an external Wi-Fi device, as a mobile phone, or to the internet, via high-speed broadband, or to enable wireless connectivity in a printer or other peripheral.

Origin of wireless adapter

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First recorded in 1990–95

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