Examples
- A power cord on an appliance terminates in a (male) plug; it connects to a (female) socket in a wall or on an extension cord.
- Coaxial cables used for video or other high-frequency signals are normally terminated, at both ends, in a connector comprising an inner pin and an outer fixed or rotating shell; these are conventionally reckoned as male.
- A threaded nut is female and a bolt is male.
- Connectors for air brake hoses on heavy trucks and railroad equipment use genderless "gladhand" connectors. In railroad air brake use, this makes the orientation of rolling stock irrelevant, and is used with the standard North American railroad coupler that connects cars together, also genderless.
- Piping and plumbing fittings
- The Talmud (c. 500 CE) describes arrow heads and mating shafts as being male and female, i.e. a prong on a male arrow head fits into a hollowed out shaft and vice versa.
Read more about this topic: Gender Of Connectors And Fasteners
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