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From: terryk@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Terence Kelleher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RS-232 protocol primer (long)
Keywords: In article <821@cf-cm.UUCP> sme@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Elliott) writes:
Message-ID: <9831@xenna.Encore.COM>
Date: 2 Jul 89 11:52:42 GMT
References: <1538@mtunb.ATT.COM> <592@megatek.UUCP> <1989Jun26.155855.1680@utzoo.uucp> <821@cf-cm.UUCP> <3279@copper.MDP.TEK.COM>
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In article <3279@copper.MDP.TEK.COM> michaelk@copper.MDP.TEK.COM.UUCP (Michael D. Kersenbrock writes:
>
>Most people seem to call a connector "male" if it has male pins, but
>being a stickler for such things, I call it "the female connector with
>male pins" (which is most correct along with other paraphrases of the
>same thing).
>
Boy, this is getting to be confusing.  Shows the need for sex ed. in
our public schools. :-)  The manufaccturers more typically refer to
the mating connectors as PIN and SOCKETS.  Part numbers for the 25 pin
D shell are generally 25-S or 25-P to show which side you have.  This
eliminates all the difficult (and sexist) problems.  The references
are always to the electrical connector and not to the housing.  Sorry
Mike, but designations like "the female connector with male pins" are
not very clear and certainly not the commonly understood designations
in the industry.

Terry Kelleher


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