English Dictionary

dongle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɒŋɡl̩/

名詞

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

日本語の意味

電子機器、特にコンピュータに接続し、その機能を拡張または変更する小型のハードウェア（例：ワイヤレスモデム、デジタルメディアプレーヤー、ソフトウェアのコピー保護装置、アダプターなど）

I left my dongle at home and couldn't access the encrypted network.

小型の差し込み式ハードウェアアダプタを家に置き忘れてしまい、暗号化されたネットワークにアクセスできませんでした。

意味（1）

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

FreedomPop will offer three different flavors of broadband: a USB dongle that allows you to connect your computer to the internet, a WiFi hotspot device, and an iPhone case that allows you to override the phone's existing network and use it as a FreedomPop hotspot.

意味（2）

(computer hardware) A hardware device utilized by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.

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.

dongles （ plural ）