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From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Copy protection and the consumer (dongles)
Message-ID: <2485@emory.uucp>
Date: 25 Jan 88 05:13:17 GMT
References: <4663@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <22628@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1852@optilink.UUCP>
Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
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In article <1852@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
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>> What are "dongles"?
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>A "dongle" is a gadget that attaches to your serial port and when interro-
>gated, returns a unique number which the software being protected knows
>about.

What is the etymology of this strange word?  Is it perhaps derived from
"dangle", because it dangles off of the serial port?

Does anyone know of any software that makes use of a dongle on
the Apple Desktop Bus?

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