Pig-tail

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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pig-tail
Derivation: Radio hams


pig-tail:

[radio hams] A short piece of cable with two connectors on each end for converting between one connector type and another. Common pig-tails are 9-to-25-pin serial-port converters and cables to connect PCMCIA network cards to an RJ-45 network cable.

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Source: pig-tail, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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