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The ESSID is the identifying name of an 802.11b wireless network. By specifying the ESSID in your client setup is how you make sure that you connect to your wireless network instead of your neighbors network by mistake.
I changed my network's ESSID from "UCF" to "KNIGHTS".
by Geoffrey Franklin September 26, 2003
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When someone thinks they are the main character of their life. Usually comes with a side of individuality complex, quirky style and a self centered point of view.
"I asked Jenny where the beer was and she said 'Just over the horizon, like my dreams.'"

"Yeah, that girl has a major case of Main Character Syndrome."
by CrazyandIknowit April 27, 2021
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The easiest identifier to use when hacking a stranger's/ neighbor's/ school's wireless network using a program such as Aircrack-ng (aircrack-ng.org)

See also: BSSID
I couldn't remember the friggin numbers in the school's wireless, so I hacked it using the ESSID
by TheDeamon February 09, 2010
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