Wend

Jovan Stosic September 17, 2017

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Wend
wɛnd
■ noun another term for Sorb.

Wendish noun & adjective

from Ger. Wende, of unknown origin.
wend
■ verb (wend one’s way) go slowly or by an indirect route.

OE wendan ‘to turn, depart’, of Gmc origin; related to wind2.
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus
wend
▶ verb MEANDER, wind one’s way, wander, amble, stroll, saunter, drift, roam, swan, traipse, walk; journey, travel; informal mosey, tootle.
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
Wend
Pronunciation: ‘wend
Function: noun
Etymology: German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends
Date: 1786

: a member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany
wend
Pronunciation: ‘wend
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, Old English windan to twist ― more at WIND
Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb : to direct one’s course : TRAVEL
transitive verb : to proceed on (one’s way) : DIRECT

WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub

Jovan Stosic September 14, 2017

It is pretty obvious but I think it is worth to be mentioned. When the password is too short (less than 8 characters) the WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) function doesn’t work. Of course there is no warning during compilation.

Source: WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub

Multicast DNS

Jovan Stosic September 13, 2017

In computer networking, the multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) resolves host names to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server. It is a zero-configuration service, using essentially the same programming interfaces, packet formats and operating semantics as the unicast Domain Name System (DNS). Although Stuart Cheshire designed mDNS to be stand-alone capable, it can work in concert with unicast DNS servers.[1]The mDNS protocol is published as RFC 6762, uses IP multicast Us

Source: Multicast DNS – Wikipedia