Component Descriptions

[Brianc]

I believe in old GPO terminology, the male bit of the old telephone/audio connection system is called a plug, not a jack plug and the female bit is called a jack, not a jack socket. The socket is called a jack as it is normally used as a way of jacking into a circuit. However, the names seem to have morphed into jack plug and jack socket used nowadays. A row of jacks is still called a jackfield and not a jacksocketfield!