Connector naming convention

[pawihte]

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

 

[Phil Allison]

"pawihte"

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in common use, male
or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to distinguish it from
one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

** Line.

Line plug, line socket, line male, line female .... etc.



.... Phil

 

[Rich Webb]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:41:31 +0530, "pawihte" <pawihte@fake.invalid>
wrote:

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

One convention is to refer to the connector on the receiving or "more
stationary" object as a receptacle and to the connector on the active or
"moving" object, i.e., on the end of the cable, as a plug.

So, the old IBM PC standard 9-pin serial port is a female receptacle and
the connecting cable has a male plug on the end. Common network wiring
uses modular receptacles on equipment and wall-plates with modular plugs
on the ends of the cables.

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:15:53 +1000, "Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au>
wrote:

"pawihte"

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in common use, male
or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to distinguish it from
one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

We say "cable connector" or "the connector on the cable."

John

 

[pawihte]

pawihte wrote:

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in
common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

Thanks for the replies. But the different replies seem to
indicate that there's no single technical term for it.

One specific case was when a friend visiting a larger city (I'm
in a small town) called to ask if I needed anything. At that
time, I needed some 25-pin D-sub connectors for a cable. I told
him I wanted "cable types". He bought the correct type, but I
wondered if there was a standard term for it.

 

[krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:15:53 +1000, "Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote:

"pawihte"

What is a general term for a connector - any connector in common use, male
or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to distinguish it from
one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?


** Line.

Line plug, line socket, line male, line female .... etc.

"line" => power

A "line plug" is the power plug.

 

[Bob Masta]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:40:18 +0530, "pawihte"
<pawihte@fake.invalid> wrote:

pawihte wrote:
What is a general term for a connector - any connector in
common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

Thanks for the replies. But the different replies seem to
indicate that there's no single technical term for it.

One specific case was when a friend visiting a larger city (I'm
in a small town) called to ask if I needed anything. At that
time, I needed some 25-pin D-sub connectors for a cable. I told
him I wanted "cable types". He bought the correct type, but I
wondered if there was a standard term for it.

The term I usually see for this is "mount", as in
"cable mount" or "chassis mount".

Best regards,


Bob Masta

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[pawihte]

Bob Masta wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:40:18 +0530, "pawihte"
pawihte@fake.invalid> wrote:

pawihte wrote:
What is a general term for a connector - any connector in
common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

Thanks for the replies. But the different replies seem to
indicate that there's no single technical term for it.

One specific case was when a friend visiting a larger city
(I'm
in a small town) called to ask if I needed anything. At that
time, I needed some 25-pin D-sub connectors for a cable. I
told
him I wanted "cable types". He bought the correct type, but I
wondered if there was a standard term for it.

The term I usually see for this is "mount", as in
"cable mount" or "chassis mount".

Best regards,


Bob Masta

I've seen "chassis mount" and "PCB mount" and used them myself,

but not "cable mount". Seems OK is there's no definitive
universal term.

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:40:18 +0530, "pawihte" <pawihte@fake.invalid>
wrote:

pawihte wrote:
What is a general term for a connector - any connector in
common
use, male or female - that's fitted at the end of a cable, to
distinguish it from one that's mounted on a box or a pcb?

Thanks for the replies. But the different replies seem to
indicate that there's no single technical term for it.

---
Generally, when a connector, either male or female, designed to be
fitted to a cable is fitted to a cable, it's called a "plug".

However, in the instances where a chassis-mount connector, either male
or female, is fitted to a cable, the connector is called a "jack", as
it also is when it's mounted to a chassis.
---

One specific case was when a friend visiting a larger city (I'm
in a small town) called to ask if I needed anything. At that
time, I needed some 25-pin D-sub connectors for a cable. I told
him I wanted "cable types". He bought the correct type, but I
wondered if there was a standard term for it.

---
In the case of D-subs, where the same connector can be fitted to
either a cable or a chassis, the connectors on the ends of the cable
are called plugs and when fixed to chassis, jacks, regardless of sex.