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IEEE was formed in 1990
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In 1991, NCR Corporation with AT&T Corporation invented the precursor to 802.11 or Wifi, intended for use in cashier systems. The first wireless products were under the name Wave LAN. They are the ones credited to inventing WiFi.
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In 2003, WiFi was introduced as the new standard
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802.11g, the new and improved WiFi came out in 2003 right after it was introduced as a new standard
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In 2009 O'Sullivan was awarded both the CSIRO Chairman's Medal and the Australian Prime Minister's Prize for Science and his work with WiFi.
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In February of 2014, 802.11ac was erected
