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Connector

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Connector may refer to:

Hardware

  • Plumbing
  • Electrical connector, a device for joining electrical circuits together (sometimes known as ports, plugs, or interfaces)
    • Gender of connectors and fasteners
    • AC power plugs and sockets, devices that allow electrically operated equipment to be connected to the primary alternating current power supply in a building
    • RF connector, an electrical connector designed to work at radio frequencies in the multi-megahertz range
    • Circular connector
    • Cigarette lighter receptacle
    • Blind mate connector, a connector with self-aligning features
    • Board-to-board connector, for connecting printed circuit boards
  • Optical fiber connector, for joining optical fibers in communication systems
  • Phone connector (disambiguation)
  • Structural connector, in engineering

Software

  • Connector (computer science), a pointer or link between two data structures
  • Java EE Connector Architecture, a Java-based tool for connecting application servers and enterprise information systems

Other uses

  • Connector (mathematics), a mathematical mapping
  • Connector (road), a highway or freeway road that connects to another highway or freeway
    • Northern Connector, highway in Australia
  • Connector (social), people who help others by connecting them together
  • Connector (I the Mighty album), by rock band I the Mighty
  • A free bus on there Adelaide Metro, South Australia
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