dongle : Computer Hardware Buyers’ Glossary

by Roedy Green ©1997-2008 Canadian Mind Products
Go to : punctuation 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (all)

dongle: a device you plug into a USB port or parallel port that acts like key to let you run some particular software. The idea is to prevent you from copying it and giving it to others. You can make all the backup copies you want. They are useless unless you have the corresponding dongle.
thumbdrive

	Please email your feedback for publication, errors, omissions, broken/redirected link reports and suggestions to improve this page to Roedy Green :
	Canadian Mind Products
	mindprod.com IP:[65.110.21.43]
	Your face IP:[38.103.63.18]	The information on this page is for non-military use only.
	You are visitor number 1,292.	Military use includes use by defence contractors.
	You can get a fresh copy of this page from:	or possibly from your local J: drive (Java virtual drive/Mindprod website mirror)
	http://mindprod.com/bgloss/dongle.html	J:\mindprod\bgloss\dongle.html