"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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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.
d
So XLR plugs are all male? Technically you may be right, but that's not how
the words get used. Everyone talks of XLR plugs whether they're male or
female if they're attached to a cable. Ditto BNCs which have male inners and
sort of female outers.
The way I name things, all hermaphrodite connectors are plugs if they go on
the end of a cable, or sockets if they attach to a panel.
S.
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