Bluetooth Definition Explained

The simplest Bluetooth definition describes the technology as a wireless protocol for transmitting data over small distances from mobile and fixed devices. The original Bluetooth concept was meant to replace RS 232 data cables.

One of the major selling points of Bluetooth technology is that it can connect multiple devices. In doing so, it circumvents the synchronization problems that plagued earlier technologies.

Bluetooth devices use radio-wave transmission technology, known as frequency hopping spread spectrum. This technology breaks up the transmitted data into smaller pieces that are sent on as many as 79 frequencies.

The radio technology Bluetooth uses does not require the linked devices to be within the line of sight of each other. Bluetooth technology is commonly used in digital cameras, cell phones, laptops, printers, and video game systems.