hotspot
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Wi-Fi access point
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Encyclopedic overview
A diagram showing a Wi-Fi network
A hotspot is a physical location where people can obtain Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technology, via a wireless local-area network (WLAN) using a router connected to an Internet service provider.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hotspot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.