With d subminiature connectors the male connectors have protruding pins and female connectors have corresponding round sockets.
Serial cable connector types.
However special network adapters sometimes called dongles connect an ethernet cable to a usb port indirectly.
Usb cables feature twisted pair wiring.
Over the many years in computer history several different kinds of cables were invented and re invented there are so many these days that a beginner will be completely lost in the tech jungle.
The form of connectors depends on the particular serial port used.
Either type of connector can be mounted on equipment or a panel.
A serial cable is a cable used to transfer information between two devices using a serial communication protocol.
Usb type a connectors are extremely common and will likely be at one end of a lot of usb cables nowadays.
Generally serial port connectors are gendered only allowing connectors to mate with a connector of the opposite gender.
The maximum working length of a cable varies depending on the characteristics of the transmitters and receivers.
Refer to the drawings to identify the connector that you need.
Welcome to a beginner s guide and list of the types of computer connectors and cables.
Or terminate a cable.
A cable wired for connecting two dtes directly is known as a null modem cable.
A number of different standards defines the signaling over a serial cable including eia tia 232 x 21 v 35 eia tia 449 eia 530 and hssi.