Bluetooth
name/ˈbluːtuːθ/UK/ˈblutuθ/US
Etymology
From blue + tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand). * (networking): The networking standard is named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
Definitions
The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.
To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
- The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.
- Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.
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Alternative letter-case form of Bluetooth.
- Everyone’s bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures.
- If someone heard this, it was not merely a case of bluetoothing the song across, you had to go to the ringtone creator on your phone, edit the tune and then write down the instructions, in the form of key presses for your mate.
- Monitors were hooked up and they updated the patient’s vitals every five second, which were then bluetoothed to a large interactive smart board on the near wall in letters big enough for everyone to read easily.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Bluetooth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA