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Steve W.[_4_]

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On Aug 30, 2:12 pm, "
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To hijack this topic and kill it in my own special way...

This is one thing in electronics that has always annoyed and confused
me: what is a "jack"? I've even heard the terms "male jack" and
"female jack" (wouldn't that be a "jill"?). Isn't there a better,
more descriptive, less confusing set of terms to describe these
connectors? Would "plug" (male) and "socket" (female) be any better?
Not that this will keep me up nights...

Never heard of a "male jack", that would be a "plug". Also have never
seen "female jack", redundant. "Female connector" or "receptacle",
sure. Jack always implies a female connector. Also used as a verb,
"to jack in a headphone". Phone switchboards were probably the first
large-scale users of jacks and plugs, might be the original of the
terms come from that arena in the distant past.

Where it gets fun is where a connector has a recess, but the contacts
are pins sticking up and the mate fits the recess but has otherwise
female sockets for the pins. The convention is that the recessed
piece is the female of the pair and the other part is the male plug,
but it could be argued for the reverse.

Stan

Sounds like a standard male receptacle used for on board chargers on
fire equipment and shore lines on boats.

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