# wireless (electrical)

a process that uses radio to transfer information through air instead of a physical link

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: wireless

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [radio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-radio.electrical), [air](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-air.material), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [instead](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-instead.alternative), [links](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-links.connection), [physical](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-physical.material), [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general), [transferred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transferred.exchange), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** radio transfers information through air and does not use a physical link

**Novel properties:**
- contact without wires
- intentional signal transmission
- selective channel usage

## Examples
- The 1901 Marconi transatlantic radio transmission sent the letter 'S' in Morse code from Cornwall to Newfoundland without wires. *(engineering)*
- Wi-Fi networks in 2023 urban apartments transmit data between routers and laptops using 2.4 GHz radio waves. *(computing)*
- Air traffic control at O'Hare Airport uses VHF radio to guide aircraft through approach patterns without physical connections. *(everyday life)*

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