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don·gle (dôn

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A hardware device that serves as copy protection for certain software by rendering the software inoperable when the device is not plugged into a printer port.

[Probably arbitrary coinage.]

dongle [ˈdɒŋg^əl]

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing an electronic device that accompanies a software item to prevent the unauthorized copying of programs

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dongle - (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software

electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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dongle

n (Comput) → Dongle m, → Kopierschutzstecker m

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