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gender changer

[′jen·dər ‚chān·jər]
(electricity)
A small passive device that is placed between two connectors of the same gender to enable them to be joined. Also known as cable matcher.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gender changer

A coupler that reverses the gender of one of the connectors in order that two male connectors or two female connectors can be joined together.


Gender Changer
The unit in the middle is the gender changer.
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