dongle

1. 1.

   (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software

   Broaderelectronic device

   computer science

Other forms of dongle

plural

dongles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dongle

What does dongle mean?

dongle means "(computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software".

How many syllables are in dongle?

dongle has 2 syllables: don-gle. The stress falls on "don".

Is dongle a common word?

dongle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.