access point

noun

Definition of access point

: a stand-alone device or computer that allows wireless devices (such as laptop computers) to connect to and communicate with a wired computer network You have some final steps to go through to set up your access point to communicate properly and securely with the server …— Jim Aspinwall, Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks, 2003

called also wireless access point

First Known Use of access point

1993, in the meaning defined above

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