Editing Gender changer

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[[Image:Gender changer.jpg|thumb|[[D-subminiature]] connector gender changers]]
[[File:Female BNC Connector.jpg|thumb|[[BNC connector]] female to female gender changer]]

A '''gender changer''' is a hardware device placed between two cable [[electrical connector|connector]]s of the same type and [[gender of connectors and fasteners|gender]].
An example is a cable connector shell with either two female or two male connectors on it (male-to-male or female-to-female), used to correct the mismatches that result when interconnecting two devices or cables with the same gender of connector.

Gender changers are used for [[RS-232]]C ports in either the original [[DB-25]] or the [[IBM AT]] [[D-subminiature|DE-9]] format.  They are also used when extending any sort of cable that normally has plugs on both ends (rather than a socket on one and plug on the other), however in this case it is usually called just an "extender", such as with [[F connector]]s, [[BNC connector]]s, and various [[RJ connector]]s used in [[telephony]] and [[computer networking]].

Gender changers are used in [[professional audio]] to adapt [[XLR connector]]s, [[RCA connector]]s, [[Speakon connector]]s and [[Phone connector (audio)|TRS phone connector]]s.

The [[null modem]] is a computer communications adapter which may appear to be a gender changer, but it reroutes the wiring. The "transmit" pair from each side is routed into the "receive" pair of the other side, in the manner of a [[crossover cable]].

Many different types of small hardware can be considered gender changers. For instance, there are a variety of small adapters sold for quarter-inch audiovisual cables that serve the role of connecting gendered cables. Other kinds of gender changers are available for coaxial cable, Ethernet cabling or any other type of modern data or audiovisual cables.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Gender Changer? - Definition from Techopedia |url=http://www.techopedia.com/definition/2206/gender-changer |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Techopedia.com |date=26 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Gender of connectors and fasteners]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Electrical signal connectors]]


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