dongle
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
dongle (plural dongles)
- (computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, software copy protect devices, and adapters.
- 2012, Tecca, Yahoo! Tech, FreedomPop offering 1GB of free wireless data, hopes you’ll pay for more, link ↗
- FreedomPop will offer three different flavors of broadband: a USB dongle that allows you to connect your computer to the internet, a WiFi hotspot device, and an iPhone case that allows you to override the phone's existing network and use it as a FreedomPop hotspot.
- 2012, Tecca, Yahoo! Tech, FreedomPop offering 1GB of free wireless data, hopes you’ll pay for more, link ↗
- (computer hardware) A hardware device utilized by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.
- French: dongle, clé électronique
- German: Dongle, Kopierschutzstecker
- Russian: электро́нный ключ
- Spanish: dongle
- German: Adapter
- Russian: донгл
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