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• 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....
• dongle /dong'gl/ n. 1. A security or copy protection device for proprietary software consisting of a serialized EPROM and some drivers in a D-25 connector shell
  which must be connected to an I/O port of the computer while the program is run....
• Floppy disk - A disk that flop
• walking drives: n. An occasional failure mode of magnetic-disk drives back in the days when they were huge, clunky {washing machine}s.
  Those old {dinosaur} parts carried terrific angular momentum...
• firmy: /fer'mee/ Syn. {stiffy} (a 3.5-inch floppy disk). -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• wizard mode: [from {rogue}] n. A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
  Generally not used for operating systems themselves (`root mode' or `wheel mode' would be used instead)....
• hort card: n. A half-length IBM PC expansion card or adapter that will fit in one of the two short slots located towards the right rear of a standard chassis (tucked behind the floppy disk drives).
  See also {tall card}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• aw mode: n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device (o
  under {bogus} systems that make a distinction, a disk file) without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system....
• ad-hockery: /ad-hok'*r-ee/ [Purdue] n. 1. Gratuitous assumptions made inside certain programs, esp.
  expert systems, which lead to the appearance of semi-intelligent behavior but are in fact entirely arbitrary....