Hotspot
(Redirected from Hot spot)
A hotspot is a center of high activity within a larger area of low activity. The term is applied to different things in different contexts:
- In geology see Hotspot (geology).
- In genetics, a hotspot can be
- a position on the DNA where mutations occur with an unusual high frequency
- a position on the DNA where recombination occurs with an unusual high frequency
- In meteorology, a hotspot is an area where the atmosphere is relatively hot. Examples of hotspots include the air over a desert or the region of Jupiter where the Galileo probe's atmospheric sub-probe descended.
- In ecology see ecological hotspot.
- In Criminology a hotspot is a location where a high amount of crime consistently occurs.
- A hotspot is a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to Internet.
- Hot Spot is a 1963 musical with lyrics by Martin Charnin and music by Mary Rodgers.
- The Hot Spot is a 1990 movie with Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly
- Sun Microsystems' HotSpot technology is an optimised Java runtime.
External links
- Official Wi-Fi Zone (tm) Zone Finder
- Worldwide directory of free and commercial WiFi Hotspots
- PDA Hotspots – List of websites that adjust to the small PDA screen
- HauteSpot Networks Solution Documents – Set of example documents showing how hotspots can be set up for various organizations such as schools, government, restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc
- List of Wi-Fi Hotspot Links
- Flash/audio showing how to configure a Linksys WRT54G to share your broadband connection to be a free Hotspot.