Connector Explained

Connector may refer to:

Hardware

• Plumbing
• Electrical connector, a device for joining electrical circuits together (sometimes known as ports, plugs, or interfaces)
  • Gender of connectors and fasteners
  • AC power plugs and sockets, devices that allow electrically operated equipment to be connected to the primary alternating current power supply in a building
  • RF connector, an electrical connector designed to work at radio frequencies in the multi-megahertz range
  • Circular connector
  • Cigarette lighter receptacle
  • Blind mate connector, a connector with self-aligning features
  • Board-to-board connector, for connecting printed circuit boards
• Optical fiber connector, for joining optical fibers in communication systems
• Phone connector (disambiguation)
• Structural connector, in engineering

Software

• Connector (computer science), a pointer or link between two data structures
• Data connector, generic term for software which allows loading of data from one place to another, e.g. databases, file systems or events
  • Database connector, software which allows client software to talk to database server
• Java EE Connector Architecture, a Java-based tool for connecting application servers and enterprise information systems

Other uses

• Connector (mathematics), a mathematical mapping
• Connector (road), a highway or freeway road that connects to another highway or freeway
  • Northern Connector, highway in Australia
• Connector (social), people who help others by connecting them together
• Connector (Cincinnati), streetcar system in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Connector (I the Mighty album), by rock band I the Mighty
• A free bus on there Adelaide Metro, South Australia
• Connector (IMO 9435480) – an offshore support vessel built in 2011

See also

• The Connector (disambiguation)