dongletyyppinen

Dongletyyppinen is a Finnish adjective used to describe something of the "dongle type"—that is, designed to depend on a hardware dongle (a small security key) for operation or authorization. The term combines the English word dongle with the Finnish suffix -tyyppinen, which forms "X-tyyppinen" meaning "of the X type."

It is commonly used in software licensing, access control, and hardware products that require a dongle as a prerequisite for use. A dongle operates as a physical key that must be inserted or connected to verify authorization. In practice, dongle-tyyppinen licensing may involve USB dongles, parallel port keys, or integrated cryptographic tokens. Some digital products offer dongle-based licenses as an alternative to online activation.

Orthography: In Finnish, the adjective is typically written with a hyphen: dongle-tyyppinen, though the form dongletyyppinen also appears in some texts.

Advantages include stronger copy protection and offline licensing in environments without reliable Internet access. Disadvantages include risk of loss, higher cost, and potential inconvenience for legitimate users, as a dongle must be present. Cloud-based or software-based licensing can mitigate some problems but may introduce other dependencies such as Internet connectivity or online verification requirements. The term is primarily descriptive and not a formal licensing standard.