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From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What in blazes is a dongle anyway?
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 01:24:49 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 01:24:49 1985
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     A ``dongle'' is a security device used to prevent program piracy.
The idea is to have something attached to the computer (typically
via an RS-232 port) which must be present or the program won't run.
It's less of a pain than most disk-oriented copy protection schemes;
hard disks and networks don't cause problems.

					John Nagle