Question

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a USB or parallel port dongle for licensing purposes.

Answer 1

The advantage of the USB is that is free. The advantage of the Parallel Port Dongle is that it works on all operating systems, and it has a faster data transfer than USB. The disadvantage of a USB is that you can't print from true DOS. A disadvantage of the parallel port dongle is that license dongles are easily lost and are prone to damage.

Answer 2

An advantage is portability A disavantage is loseability An advantage is faster read and write speeds(most of the time) a disavantge is less storage