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- From: helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: What is a "dongle"?
- Date: 20 Dec 1992 00:27:42 GMT
- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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- References: <92353.173600BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <rdippold.724735574@qualcom>
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- In article <rdippold.724735574@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
- >Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >>In the current thread on copy-protection, the term "dongle" appeared.
- >>What is a dongle? I've never before read it or heard of it.
- >
- >A little device that hangs off one of the ports on your computer,
- >usually the parallel (printer) port for most PC stuff. It passes
- >through regular data to the printer, so you can still use your
- >printer.
-
- The lore states that 'dongle' is derived from the name of the
- original developer: Don Gall.
-