A Dongle is...................


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Posted by DonRon on Saturday, 3. April 2010 at 14:00 Bali Time:

In Reply to: Please, what is a dongel/dongle??? posted by dadvet on Saturday, 3. April 2010 at 13:30 Bali Time:

Hi Dave

A "dongle" is the name for a USB device which sticks out the side of your laptop.

Basically, the three types of dongles around :

Bluetooth Dongles, which allow you to connect to other Bluetooth devices (mobile phones, printers, headphones).

WiFi Dongles, which allow your computer to connect to a wifi access point, either in your house or whilst you are out and about.

GPRS / 3G Dongle, which has a SIM card inside and allows you to connect to the mobile phone companies internet service anywhere a signal is available (acts like a mobile phone for connecting to internet).

....and as you can se has nothing to do with "the angle of the dangle".


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