Radio is very widely used in everyday life now, and it is becoming more widely used as new applications are being found all the time. One of the original terms for radio was wireless, end even today many people refer to a radio as a wireless set. However the term describes this form of communication very well because it is a form of wire-less communication. Now this term is coming back into use because radio or wireless applications are becoming more widespread. Nowadays the term is being used to describe short range applications that might have used a wired connections not long ago. With these and many other applications, radio, or wireless technology is very widely used, and will continue to become more so as time progresses because of the flexibility it provides.