dongle

[Darla Wells]

A new one for me, from Wikipedia

A *software protection dongle* is a small piece of
hardware<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware>that connects
to a
laptop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop>,
desktop<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer>or
server <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_%28computer%29#Server_hardware>computer.
The term "dongle" was originally used to refer only to
software-protection dongles; however, currently "dongle" is often used to
refer to any small piece of hardware that plugs into a computer. This
article is limited in scope to dongles used for the purpose of copy
protection <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection> or authentication
of software <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software> to be used on that
system.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_protection_dongle#cite_note-0>


Ah, the things one learns as a computer tech.
Darla



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