Computer Science GCSE
Wired versus wireless
What Wired versus wireless means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Wired versus wireless
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Reference: OCR
Wired connections such as Ethernet are generally faster and more stable than wireless connections such as Wi-Fi, which can suffer from interference.
Topics that use Wired versus wireless
- Networks and topologies (OCR GCSE)
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