donglenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɒŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈdɑːŋ.ɡəl/a piece of equipment that is connected to a computer so that the computer can run a particular piece of software or can use wireless broadband
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- agnostic
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- mouse
- personal organizer
- ram
- storage device
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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Examples from literature
- Programs that use a dongle query the port at startup and at programmed intervals thereafter, and terminate if it does not respond with the dongle's programmed validation code.
- Thus, users can make as many copies of the program as they want but must pay for each dongle.