New to mac, got a few questions

ok so I'm looking a buying a new macbook soon and I had a few questions.
1. is there any difference between airport and wifi, or is it the same thing, just different names.
2. I currently have a Linksys wrt54gs wireless router, will this work, or do I need to buy an apple made product?

1) Airport Extreme is the marketing term that Apple gives to their Wi-Fi cards.
2) Yes! Your Mac will work just fine with that router.
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