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A dongle is a small piece of computer hardware that connects to a port on another device to provide it with additional functionality, or enable a pass-through to such a device that adds functionality.
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In computing, the term was initially synonymous with software protection dongles —a form of hardware digital rights management dongeln betydelse which a piece of software will only operate if a specified dongle—which typically contains a license key or some other cryptographic protection mechanism—is plugged into the computer while it is running.
There are varying accounts on the etymology of the word "dongle"; in a paper, P. Schneck stated that the origin was unclear, but that it was possibly a corruption of the word "dangle" since these devices "dangle" from a port on a PC. A Byte magazine advertisement by Rainbow Technologies claimed that dongles were invented by and named after a person named "Don Gall", which spawned an urban legend.
Linguist Ben Zimmer noted that the claim was likely a by-product of their "tongue-in-cheek" marketing style, and "was so egregiously false that the company happily owned up to it as a marketing ploy when pressed by Eric S. Dongeln betydelsewho maintains the Jargon Filean online lexicon of hacker slang. Software protection dongles are typically used to help prevent unauthorized use and copying of certain forms of software.
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Initially using ports such as the serial port or parallel portmost are now in USB format. In the mid-to-late s, the dongle form factor was extended to digital media players with a small, stick-like form factor—such as Chromecast and Fire TV Stick —that are designed to plug directly into an HDMI port on a television or AV receiver powered via Micro USB connection dongeln betydelse the television itself or an AC adapterin contrast to a larger set-top box -style device.
Single-board computerssuch as the Intel Compute Stickhave also been produced in a similar means.
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Small piece of computer hardware. Not to be confused with Yongle. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Etymology [ edit ]. Examples [ edit ]. Copy protection [ edit ]. Small peripheral appliances [ edit ].
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