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A dongle is a small hardware device that connects to a computer to authenticate an item of software. more...

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Dongle may also refer to something that plugs into a computer and converts a small (often proprietary) port or plug into a larger standard plug. Dongles tend to consist of two connectors that are attached to one another by a length of cable that that hangs (dangle) from a laptop computer. For example:

A jack wired to a small edge connector on a Type I or II PCMCIA card, typically an 8P8C modular connector for an Ethernet cable or RJ11 jack for a telephone cable. This type of dongle has no copy prevention purpose. PCMCIA card dongles are notoriously fragile and unreliable. They are falling out of favour as more laptops include built-in Ethernet and modem sockets.; USB adapters, such as for memory cards.; Other USB devices, primarily flash memory drives, used only for data storage (as opposed to USB Hardware Token Devices).; The word has also been applied to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi antennas and Infrared transceivers.; It is also been used to refer to ATI CrossFire Interconnects; Also used by some technicians as a form of slang, roughly meaning an idiot.;