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What (who) is female connector - definition
![Universal Etymological English Dictionary]] mentioning male and female screws in 1731](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cochlea, Universal etymological english dictionary 1731.png?width=200 "Universal Etymological English Dictionary]] mentioning male and female screws in 1731")
![Common 5.5×2.5 mm [[coaxial power connector]]s. Power is provided by the ''female plug'' on the right to the ''male jack'' on the left; the exposed conductors are not hazardous due to the low voltage.<!--It's also usually isolated, but that's a lot of explanation...-->](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hohlstecker und Hohlbuchse 5,5x2,5.jpg?width=200 "Common 5.5×2.5 mm [[coaxial power connector]]s. Power is provided by the ''female plug'' on the right to the ''male jack'' on the left; the exposed conductors are not hazardous due to the low voltage.<!--It's also usually isolated, but that's a lot of explanation...-->")
![A panel-mounted [[IEC 60320 C14]] ''male'' connector ''jack'' designed to accept AC line power](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IEC60320_C14.jpg?width=200 "A panel-mounted [[IEC 60320 C14]] ''male'' connector ''jack'' designed to accept AC line power")
![A ''male'' 50 ohm [[BNC connector]] ''plug''. Three circular projections (including the central pin) interlock with two rings of the female jack.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BNC connector 50 ohm male.jpg?width=200 "A ''male'' 50 ohm [[BNC connector]] ''plug''. Three circular projections (including the central pin) interlock with two rings of the female jack.")
![Triaxial]] BNC connector, a ''male'' ''plug''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BNC triax.jpg?width=200 "Triaxial]] BNC connector, a ''male'' ''plug''")
![Twinaxial]] cable connector, a ''male'' ''plug''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Twinax Stecker.jpg?width=200 "Twinaxial]] cable connector, a ''male'' ''plug''")
![Coaxial]] Type [[N connector]], a ''male'' ''plug''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Male type N connector.jpg?width=200 "Coaxial]] Type [[N connector]], a ''male'' ''plug''")
![''Female'' (left) and ''male'' weatherproof ''plugs'' for photovoltaic [[solar panel]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PV connectors 01 Pengo.jpg?width=200 "''Female'' (left) and ''male'' weatherproof ''plugs'' for photovoltaic [[solar panel]]s")
![This [[HDMI]] ''plug'' is conventionally assigned to ''male'' gender](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HDMI connector-male-ar 5to4-fs PNr°0270.jpg?width=200 "This [[HDMI]] ''plug'' is conventionally assigned to ''male'' gender")
![[[Toslink]] ''male'' ''plug'' [[optical fiber]] connector](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toslink kabel (rotated).jpg?width=200 "[[Toslink]] ''male'' ''plug'' [[optical fiber]] connector")
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Wikipedia
In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the male connector. Sometimes the terms plug and socket or jack are used, particularly in reference to electrical connectors. In some cases, the pins on the connector may have the opposite nominal gender to the mounted connector, such as the RCA connector.
The assignment is a direct analogy with male/female genitalia, the part bearing one or more protrusions or which fits inside the other being designated male, in contrast to the part containing the corresponding indentations, or fitting outside the other, being designated female. Extension of the analogy results in the verb to mate being used to describe the process of connecting two corresponding parts together.
In some cases (notably electrical power connectors), the gender of connectors is selected according to rigid rules, to enforce a sense of one-way directionality (e.g. a flow of power from one device to another). This gender distinction is implemented to enhance safety or ensure proper functionality by preventing unsafe or non-functional configurations from being set up.
In terms of mathematical graph theory, an electrical power distribution network made up of plugs and sockets is a directed tree, with the directionality arrows corresponding to the female-to-male transfer of electrical power through each mated connection. This is an example where male and female connectors have been deliberately designed and assigned to physically enforce a safe network topology.
In other contexts, such as plumbing, one-way flow is not enforced through connector gender assignment. Flows through piping networks can be bidirectional, as in underground water distribution networks which have designed-in redundancy. In plumbing situations where one-way flow is desired, it is implemented through other means (e.g. air gaps or one-way check valves), and not through male-female gender schemes.
