<P> Airplane mode, aeroplane mode, flight mode, offline mode, or standalone mode is a setting available on smartphones and other portable computers that, when activated, suspends radio - frequency signal transmission by the device, thereby disabling Bluetooth, telephony, and Wi - Fi . GPS may or may not be disabled, because it does not involve transmitting radio waves . </P> <P> The name comes from the prohibition by most of the airlines of using equipment transmitting radio - frequency signal while in flight; using airplane mode prevents devices from transmitting . </P>

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