Dongle-disk

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  dongle-disk /don'gl disk/ n. A special floppy disk that is required in
     order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an
     application to identify it uniquely, others _are_ special code that does
     something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. (For example,
     AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in {root mode} with a special boot
     disk.) Also called a `key disk'. See {dongle}.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  dongle-disk
       
          /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of {dongle} consisting of
          a special {floppy disk} that is required in order to perform
          some task.  Some contain special coding that allows an
          application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code
          that does something that normally-resident programs don't or
          can't.
       
          For example, {AT&T}'s "Unix PC" would only come up in {root
          mode} with a special boot disk.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1998-12-13)