Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (around 10 m) using short-wavelength radio transmissions in the industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band between 2.4-2.485 GHz. It was originally developed in 1994 to eliminate cable connections between devices but later expanded to enable wireless connectivity through a common standard. Bluetooth devices operate using adaptive frequency hopping to minimize interference and can connect in piconets of up to 8 devices or scatternets of multiple interconnected piconets.