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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gender mender</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gen.html" title="gen"/><link rel="next" href="General-Public-Virus.html" title="General Public Virus"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gender mender</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gen.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="General-Public-Virus.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gender-mender"/><dt xmlns="" id="gender-mender"><b>gender mender</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A cable connector shell with either two male or two female
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connectors on it, used to correct the mismatches that result when some
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<a href="../L/loser.html"><i class="glossterm">loser</i></a> didn't understand the RS232C specification and
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the distinction between DTE and DCE. Used esp. for RS-232C parts in
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either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's bogus D-9 format. Also called
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<span class="firstterm">gender bender</span>, <span class="firstterm">gender blender</span>, <span class="firstterm">sex
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changer</span>, and even <span class="firstterm">homosexual
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adapter;</span> however, there appears to be some confusion as to
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whether a <span class="firstterm">male homosexual adapter</span> has
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pins on both sides (is doubly male) or sockets on both sides (connects two
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males).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gen.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="General-Public-Virus.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">gen </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> General Public Virus</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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