Today I learned that the word “dongle" did not in fact come from the name "Don Gall". That was an urban legend started by a 1992 ad in Byte magazine, which is probably where I came across it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle
Sometimes the truth can be disappointing.
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