Does “ditto driver” mean a specific driver name?

Question

I got an email today that contained the following sentence:

a proprietary dongle with ditto driver

What does ditto mean in this case? Some kind of specific standard? Or does it mean "proprietary"?

I tried to find some information about ditto but I couldn't.

It might mean "a proprietary dongle with a proprietary driver", because "ditto" means the same as above. And "ditto" is easier to type than "proprietary".
The meaning is clear, but it strikes me as a very casual/non-standard usage. I wouldn't expect to find it in any remotely "formal" context.

Barrie England · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 08:15:03Z

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Ditto normally means ‘the same’, so I would guess the phrase means ‘a proprietary dongle with a proprietary driver’.

answered Nov 7 '12 at 8:15

Barrie England
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