17 Aug
2006
17 Aug
'06
4:57 p.m.
Tom Peters wrote:
Many catalogs referred to D-shell connectors as
"socket" or "pin"
(DB-25S, DB-25P) for a long time because the terms "male" and
"female"
were potentially confusing. Is the shell male/female? Are the
The same argument applies to socket/plug (I've not seen "pin"
used in this context -- though it makes more sense!) :>
(female == socket; male == plug/pin)
Even moreso since "plug" is also used in the context of *jack*
(in which case, the plug is the device that experiences more
motion -- regardless of the "sex" of the connector)
connections themselves one or the other? What about
those Sun connectors
that have some of both in the same shell?
Maybe they are just "confused as to their own sexuality"? ;-)