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2. Gender of connectors and fasteners - Wikipedia

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   A3F = Audio 3-pin female connector; A3M = Audio 3-pin male connector. The terms plug, pin, and prong are also often used for "male" connectors, and receptacle, socket, and slot are used for "female" connectors. In many cases these terms are more common than male and female, especially in documentation intended for the non-specialist. These ...

3. Hose coupling - Wikipedia

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   The male and female straight (non-tapered) threads screw together and the connection is sealed with a gasket. The type of threaded coupling with a pin-lug swivel used on fire hoses was first manufactured prior to 1873 in the U.S.: Unknown patent by Charles W. Emery, dated July 11, 1865, 1874: Hose-couplings, No. 149,029 by W. A. Caswell

4. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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   Brass hose spigot with threads for garden hose (GHT) visible on the right. Garden hoses connect using a male/female thread connection. The technical term for this arrangement is a "hose union". Spigots or sillcocks have male hose connectors only, and the mating end of a hose has a captive nut which fits the threads there.

5. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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   A barb (or hose barb), which connects flexible hose or tubing to pipes, typically has a male-threaded end which mates with female threads. The other end of the fitting has a single- or multi-barbed tube—a long tapered cone with ridges, which is inserted into a flexible hose.

6. Cam and groove - Wikipedia

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   Further, lever safety pins are common features for additional security, and female-end "self-locking" levers are also available. Because the groove is cut all the way around the male end, there is no specific rotational alignment necessary to couple, as there would be with threaded connectors, and there is no opportunity for cross-threading ...

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