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Rich Grise Rich Grise is offline
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Default Convention for naming for audio adaptors and leads

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:48:29 +0000, Eeyore wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 3/24/2009 1:21 PM Eeyore spake thus:

Standard nomeclature for the same connector, In the USA and probably
Canada, an RCA jack, in the UK and affiliated countries a Phono plug,
in mainland Europe a Cinch connector.


No; jack is female, plug is male. So either a RCA plug or a phono plug.
Please don't let's further confuse gender here.


Well I've certainly heard them called RCA jacks. Maybe they meant the
mating part ?

Just to confuse you, in the UK the 1/4" guitar style connector is called a
'jack plug'.

That's because it's the plug that plugs into the jack, silly! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich