On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, David Riley wrote:
On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:02 AM, emanuel stiebler <emu
at e-bbes.com> wrote:
Hi all,
probably a stupid one, but we have so much fun here discussing the
right nomenclature of connectors ;-)
I'm looking for the right jack/receptacle for a lk201 keyboard for an
keyboard adapter.
so, is this a "RJ11 6p4c"?
I believe (though I could be wrong) that it is a 6P4C, but not
technically an RJ11 (that refers to not only the plug style,
but also the wiring scheme; in particular, RJ11 specifies 6P2C,
while RJ14 specifies 6P4C, but neither of them are necessarily
RJ-anything).
If you're trying to buy the plugs, though, you probably want
to search for RJ11 because that's what most stores sell them
as (just like you want to search for "DB9" serial plugs when
you really want DE9 plugs).
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.