"N Cook" wrote in message
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a few more

UK : USA

answerphone : answering machine
billion : million million ( the USA usage has now taken over generally in
the uk of 1 billion = 1000 million)
(the) box, telly : television (set)
flex : electric cord
imperial (measurements ) : inches,feet,yards,miles
metric (measurements) : European
power point : electric socket
Stanley knife : box cutter ?
thousand million : billion ( the USA usage has taken over generally in the
uk of 1 billion = 1000 million)
valve : tube
Vero board : matrix board
video : vcr (machine)
white goods : appliances
wireless : radio


billion: a million million is a trillion, period.. or it should be anyway.
Check this out:
http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

flex: here, someone might mistake it to mean an elastic band or a bungee
cord
valve: we use that term here as well, particularly if you're talking to
tube amp lovers
wireless: careful, as lots of Americans call their cellphones 'wireless'


I forget now whether RCA connectors translate to phono or coax connectors
here.

RCA = phono; coax = F, UHF, BNC, etc..

And going the other way,
Do Harwin,QM,SMA,BNC,PL259, "N" , "F" connectors etc make any sense in USA
?


QM: IDC or mini-IDC
SMA: 50-ohm MIL-C; AMP (Amphenol) C; ILS SMA
BNC: same
PL259: UHF
N: RF (RG-8, RG-58, RG-141, RG-225)
F: most Americans will know you mean TV cable coax


While at it is there any concensus with connector parts and male and
female
/ plug and socket.
Does the gender refer to the electrical pin connection parts or the outer
housing parts
when they are not the same gender for each piece?


Pretty much a consensus. For obvious reasons, Male = plug and Female =
socket (usually called 'jack' in USA).


Good luck with your lexicon,
Ray