connector

connector definition - telecom
A simple device that physically links, couples, or connects, two things together. A male connector has pins that fit into the sockets, or receptacles, of a female connector, as the connectors mate. A male connector sometimes is referred to as a plug, and a female connector as a jack.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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