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A dongle is a small piece of hardware that connects to a laptop or desktop computer. It is a portable device and is often close to the appearance of a USB flash drive. Although earlier use of dongle...
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What Is a USB Dongle? ... A storage or memory USB dongle, also called a memory stick, provides a convenient means to pass files between computers or devices. The memory stick contains a rewritable solid-state memory chip that does not require power to retain its contents.
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Version 2.0 Bluetooth Wireless USB Networking Dongle Class 1 (480ft); Features : WIDCOMM Bluetooth V 2.0 Bluetooth Wireless USB Networking Dongle The Bluetooth USB Dongle is an external dongle, for enabling Notebook and Desktop PCs to communicate wirelessly through U...
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This page describes the term dongle and lists other pages on the Web where you can find additional information. ... Dongles provide the most effective means of copy protection. Typically, the dongle attaches to a PC's parallel port. On Macintoshes, the dongle sometimes attaches to the ADB port. The dongle passes through all...
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Wherever you are, stay globally connected through our all-new Samsung SPH-H1200 USB Dongle. This latest addition to Samsung’s venerated cellphone repertoire is truly a phone with a difference. This hi-tech mobile phone allows you to access WiBro and HSDPA services using an external device.
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The basic USB storage 'dongle' does indeed have a number of obvious uses. Some uses are less obvious however - I have an email application that I can run from the device. It's called nPOPq, and the beauty of it is that it is self-contained - it doesn't use the Windows registry or any external files or directories to run.
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Accompanying the new router -- which, like current solutions, merely hosts existing PCMCIA EV-DO cards -- is a new USB dongle that brings EV-DO functionality to owners of laptops that lack PC card slots, or adventurous desktop users.
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It shouldn't come as a surprise to owners of Activision's other plastic peripherals from the Guitar Hero series, but PlayStation 3 owners will have to use the bundled USB dongle to connect wirelessly to the console -- Wii, too, according to its user manual, as the usual trick of planting a Wii remote inside the...
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