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Default Convention for naming for audio adaptors and leads


"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.


Never. A plug is male and a socket is female.


Exactly, which is why a socket can be either a "cord mount" or a "panel
mount".

MrT.