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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Also a plug is on the cable

Maybe this is an American English thing, because to me the plug is the socket. The two words are synonyms. Like I'd talk about the electricity plug in the wall.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Could be, though I've heard people use plug interchangeably.

Connections for data, the female side is usually called a port; for electrical, it's officially called a receptacle, though more commonly called an outlet or sometimes a socket. The male side is always the plug.

[–] onion@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

USB has the female side on the cable :)

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 7 months ago

I'm European but I'm an English second language speaker, so that may be the reason I use this words that way. However wikipedia for example calls the male part the plug and the female the receptacle as well

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Americans often call the wall plate the plugs, but technically in electeical hardware ordering catalogs the wall end is a female receptacle, and the cord end is a male plug