Convention for naming for audio adaptors and leads
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:09:41 -0000, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:
One great confusion is the meaning of the terms "plug" and "socket". As far
as I'm concerned a plug goes on a cable, and a socket goes on a panel. You
therefore can have male plugs or female plugs, and the same for sockets.
Therefore your adapter above is an RCA female to 3.5mm jack male. You don't
and shouldn't mention the words plug or socket.
S.
Never. A plug is male and a socket is female. Another word for a
socket is a jack. It doesn't matter what they are attached to, and nor
should it - that is entirely beside the point (missing the business
end, if you like).
In RF, of course, there are hermaphrodite connectors, like the 7mm.
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