D connector tirade (was: Re: Age-old ethernet equipment)

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon Apr 2 10:55:28 2001

> Yes, and the "female" was called a DsnS (S for socket) where s was shell-size
> and n was for populated number of pins, and P/S for gender.

Which brings me to the seond tirade. :) The reason to use pins and sockets it
that the sex of a socket is female, but the overall sex of the connector
containing the sockets is male for D connectors. (If you don't see what I mean,
find a D connector and look at it.) Likewise for a connector with pins, the
pins are male but the overall connector sex is female. In other words, the sex
of a D coonector is indeterminate. Most people will use male for the pins, but
in my work I've run into people (generally outside the US) who use the connector
sex. Using P and S is unmistakable.

Eric
Received on Mon Apr 02 2001 - 10:55:28 BST