from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Infrared Data Association
IrDA
<standard, body> (IrDA) A non-profit trade association
providing standards to ensure the quality and interoperability
of {infrared} (IR) hardware.
The association currently has a membership of over 160
companies from around the world, representing computer and
telecommunications hardware, software, components and
adapters.
IrDA typically uses direct infrared i.e. {point-to-point},
{line-of-sight}, one-to-one communications. The standards
include: {IrDA Data} ({SIR}, {FIR}, {VFIR}), {IrDA Control},
and {AIR}.
Ports built to the above standards can be found in products
such as {PDAs}, {Palm} devices, {printers}, desktop adapters,
{notebooks}, and {digital cameras}.
(http://irda.org).
IrDA Serial Infrared Interface
(http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda.html).
Linux-IrDA support (http://cs.uit.no/linux-irda/).
(1999-10-14)