6 Sep
2013
6 Sep
'13
1:58 p.m.
That's pretty much the gist of it. I had to push
very hard to get the
RJ11, RJ45, etc stuff corrected on Wikipedia but eventually prevailed. The
main argument had been that "well, /everyone/ calls them RJ11, RJ45, etc",
however in the end, there was plenty of documentation on the misuse of the
RJ (Registered Jack) nomenclature.
You are of course correct....
I don't know what wikipedia actually says about this (I don't normally
use wikipedia, I feel the idea it's based on is fundametally flawed), but
I feel that a reference work _should_ include common incorrect useage,
obviously indicating that it is incorrect. In this case, the term 'RJ45'
should be applied to 10baset ethernet conenctors, indicating that this is
a misues of the term (it is not 'registered jack 45, which has nothing to
do with ethermnet signals at all), but it is common usage..
I was pleased to see that a local high-street hardware shop (not
particularl electornics or computer related) did refer to things like an
'8p8c (RJ45) extension lead'. Seems a reasonable name for it.
-tony