: a small device that plugs into a computer and serves as an adapter or as a security measure to enable the use of certain software
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The device adds several amenities that weren't available in the dongles, like an Ethernet port.
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Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
For this board, Logitech ditches the Logi Bolt Receiver, the USB dongle that comes with the non-Mac version of the keyboard.
—PCMAG, 29 July 2024
Voicemod Key is a tiny USB-C dongle that turns your regular gaming headset and mobile phone into a voice changer and soundboard for game consoles, phones, and tablets.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 July 2024
Also on the underside, a removable metal plate, about the size of a business card and held on by magnets, covers both a niche for the 2.4GHz wireless dongle and the paddle switch.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
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Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
For this board, Logitech ditches the Logi Bolt Receiver, the USB dongle that comes with the non-Mac version of the keyboard.
—PCMAG, 29 July 2024
Voicemod Key is a tiny USB-C dongle that turns your regular gaming headset and mobile phone into a voice changer and soundboard for game consoles, phones, and tablets.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 July 2024
Also on the underside, a removable metal plate, about the size of a business card and held on by magnets, covers both a niche for the 2.4GHz wireless dongle and the paddle switch.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
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“Dongle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dongle. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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