It gave a new meaning to the world of wireless communication.
But have you ever pondered how Bluetooth got its name in the first place?
Have you ever wondered where the origins of the term Bluetooth came from?
However, there is a very interesting story behind this.
That is when an obscure Scandanavian king came from the Middle Ages.
King Harald Gormsson is famous for ruling Denmark and then Norway between about 940 and about 986.
Even though, he was only able to maintain this unification for a few years.
It does make sense.
So, what does a turn-of-the-last-millennium Viking king have to do with wireless communication?
He was a uniter!
In the mid-1990s, the wireless communication field needed some uniting.
Many corporations were developing competing, non-compatible standards.
Several people saw this growing division as a weakness to widespread adoption of wireless.
He was equally supported by Ericsson engineer Sven Mattisson.
Harald had united Denmark and Christianized the Danes!
Kardach wrote in a column a decade later.
It occurred to me that this would make a good codename for the program.
Bluetooth was originally meant to be just a code name for the technology.
It ultimately ended up sticking though and became the official name of the standard.
The millennium-old story doesnt end there.
So, this is how, we got this name and the symbol!
Interesting, isnt it?
source: www.techworm.net
