noun
- small hardware devices that plug into a computer or other electronic device to provide additional functionality or security
Usage: technology; plural of dongle
Examples
- The new laptops require dongles to connect older USB devices.
- She carries several dongles in her laptop bag for different ports.
- The software won’t run without the security dongles plugged in.
- Many dongles are needed to connect external monitors to modern tablets.
- The dongles kept falling out of the loose USB ports.
- He lost his wireless dongles and couldn’t connect to the internet.