dongle in Japanese
dongle in Japanese is ドングル — dongle means a compact device that connects to an electronic gadget, commonly a computer, changing what it can do — for example a wireless modem, digital media player, software copy-protection device or adapter.
dongle in Japanese
ドングル
Pronounced: donguru
(computer hardware) A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.
What does "dongle" mean?
- noun A compact device that connects to an electronic gadget, commonly a computer, changing what it can do — for example a wireless modem, digital media player, software copy-protection device or adapter.
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noun A piece of hardware that a particular program needs plugged in before it will run, as a way of stopping illegal copies.
"Take the dongle, for example. It is the summit of copy protection, an explicit melding of software and hardware. Without the right hardware key—the dongle—plugged into the machine's parallel port, the software won't run."
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- Take the dongle, for example. It is the summit of copy protection, an explicit melding of software and hardware. Without the right hardware key—the dongle—plugged into the machine's parallel port, the software won't run.
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What is "dongle" in Japanese?
"dongle" in Japanese is ドングル. dongle means: A compact device that connects to an electronic gadget, commonly a computer, changing what it can do — for example a wireless modem, digital media player, software copy-protection device or adapter.
How do you pronounce ドングル?
"dongle" in Japanese is ドングル, pronounced "donguru".
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