tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post5910629411499138534..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Dongle updateMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-55711932908104123072009-03-05T10:50:00.000-06:002009-03-05T10:50:00.000-06:00I've never seen it anywhere but here, to be honest...I've never seen it anywhere but here, to be honest.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-68459333765621725352009-03-04T02:30:00.000-06:002009-03-04T02:30:00.000-06:00I've seen it in print in this meaning too.I've seen it in print in this meaning too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-25750120458914157692009-03-03T16:53:00.000-06:002009-03-03T16:53:00.000-06:00I think it was extended from sense 3 there. Everyo...I think it was extended from sense 3 there. Everyone I know has called those video adapters dongles for years. I definitely had a laptop in 2000 or so that had a dongle for the PCMCIA ethernet card, and when I replaced it with a PowerBook in 2004 I immediately called the video adapter a dongle. Considering how many other people I've met who do the same thing (i.e. every CS person I know, plus the more tech oriented people in my department), I think it was just an obvious extension.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077682999801280293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-23940642661131811002009-03-03T16:02:00.000-06:002009-03-03T16:02:00.000-06:00Your sense of the term does not seem to appear at ...Your sense of the term does not seem to appear at http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/dongle.html .John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com