wisp

n. small bundle; trace, hint; something small and delicate; tuft, small quantity (e.g. of hair)

Will-o'-the-wisp is a term for a floating ball of light in folklore. The term and variants on it have been used for other purposes.Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) with wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi, WiMAX) "last mile" connections (as compared to dial-up, DSL, cable modem, etc.).Wisp was the birth name of a fictional young orphan girl who would later become known as Rainbow Brite.Night wisp, a fictional creature in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.Wisp is an IDM artist signed to Sublight Records.Wisp is a ski resort located in Garrett County, Maryland.One of the elemental spirits in the Seiken Densetsu series.The form a Night Elf takes when dead, in the MMORPG, World of Warcraft
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Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISPs) are internet service providers with networks built around wireless networking. Technology used range from commonplace Wi-Fi mesh networking or proprietary equipment designed to operate over open 900MHz and 2.4GHz bands or licensed frequencies in the UHF or MMDS bands. Often they offer additional services, like location based content, Virtual Private Networking and Voice over IP. Isolated municipal ISPs and larger state-wide initiatives alike are tightly focused on wireless networking.
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(v. t.)
To rumple.
  

(v. t.)
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
  

(n.)
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
  

(n.)
A whisk, or small broom.
  

(n.)
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
  

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Noun
1. a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
(hypernym) tuft, tussock
2. a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"
(hypernym) small person
3. a small bundle of straw or hay
(hypernym) package, bundle, packet, parcel
4. a flock of snipe
(hypernym) flock
(member-meronym) snipe