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D-sub

noun

Etymology

Clipping of D-subminiature, from the Cannon part numbering system where such connectors’ designations are prefixed with D.

Definitions

  1. an electrical connector with two or more rows of pins or sockets surrounded by a D-shaped…

    an electrical connector with two or more rows of pins or sockets surrounded by a D-shaped metal shield

    • Some serial ports use a 25-contact D-sub, but with few exceptions, a 25-pin serial D-sub on a PC is male, with the female connector on the cable—the reverse of the parallel-port convention. (Other serial ports use 9-pin D-subs instead.)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for D-sub. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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