On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:11:04 -0700, John Smith
wrote:



You might want to refrain from using the term 'USB dongle' to describe
anything that plugs into a USB port.

That is exactly what they were, have always been, and still are.
Nope, try an external hardware device which acts as a security key for
a specific piece of software.

The term was coined back in the early 70's
Nope, wrong decade.

and used to be applied to differing externals plugged in to differing ports of a computer.
I guess you learn something new everyday.

Apparently not you as you profess to have all the answers already.