AirDrop

airdrop air-drop English thumb|200px|Logo of AirDrop Etymology By the analogy of an airdrop, in which items are delivered by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. Proper noun en wireless serviceen networking A wireless service of Apple Inc. which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication. See also en Bluetooth Verb ++ en intransitive ditransitive networking To transfer a file using en AirDrop wireless service. en airdrop en 2019-06-05 Taylor Lorenz When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire w:The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/why-teens-try-airdrop-you-memes-concerts/591064/ “Another day another group of french teens trying to AirDrop me memes on the subway,” one woman tweeted. “In a crowd of teens and they keep trying to AirDrop me memes!!!” said another. One young Twitter user joked that she was going to a music festival last weekend “just to AirDrop.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260506142510/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/why-teens-try-airdrop-you-memes-concerts/591064/ 6 May 2026 en 2023-04-19 Sophie Gallagher Cyber-flashing is just as damaging as the ‘real world’ equivalent. When will the law catch up? w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/19/cyber-flashing-damaging-law-sexual-images-social-media-justice Cyber-flashing is not experienced as a less harmful or less damaging behaviour just because it happens digitally rather than on the street. For those who have been AirDropped in a public place, there is not even the comfort of knowing for certain who is guilty. en Apple Inc.