nave@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhen a cave has better wifi than I dolemmy.caimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1942arrow-down112
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minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·10 months agoThere is a term, that I am too lazy to search, that when a brand or technology is so widespread or used, that the name of the brand or technology becomes the word used to describe anything that ressemble that brand or technology. Wi-Fi and iPads are definitely some of those.
minus-squarefoofiepie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIs it ‘ubiquitous’?
There is a term, that I am too lazy to search, that when a brand or technology is so widespread or used, that the name of the brand or technology becomes the word used to describe anything that ressemble that brand or technology.
Wi-Fi and iPads are definitely some of those.
Genericization
Is it ‘ubiquitous’?