COMMON PC PORTS & CONNECTORS

 

 

 

 

BNC
Bayonet NUT Connector
British Naval Connector
(Networking)		 Commonly associated with Ethernet 10Base2

 

 

RJ11 
 (Telephony)		 Commonly associated with telephony devices including Modems

 

 

RJ45
(Networking)		 Commonly associated with Ethernet 10BaseT 
& 100Base TX

 

 

USB
 (Universal Serial Bus)		 Commonly associated diverse devices including, mouse, scanners, printers, digital cameras etc

 

 

 

DB15 (2 rows)
Female Connector
Game port/MIDI
 ALSO Network version

 

 Commonly associated with Joysticks, Joy pads
& Midi musical instruments

Slightly different version also associated with Ethernet 10Base5

 

 

 

DB15 (3 Rows)
VGA / SVGA / XVGA Video

 

 Commonly associated with Video cards/ Display adapters 

 

 

DB9 (Male)
Serial port		 Commonly associated with Serial devices including Serial mouse & Modems

 

 

DB25 (Male)
Serial Port		 Commonly associated with Serial devices 
including Serial mouse & Modems

 

 

DB25 (Female)
Parallel port
Also SCSI Version		 Commonly associated with parallel devices including printers, Scanners & External drives



CENTRONICS
 Printer Version
SCSI Version is wider		 Commonly associated with Printer interface connectors & SCSI device connectors

 

 

 

DIN 5 (FEMALE)
AT Class Keyboard

 Commonly associated with Keyboard on AT Class motherboards

 

 

Mini DIN 6 (FEMALE)
ATX Mouse/Keyboard
Also known as PS2 Ports
 Commonly associated with Keyboard and Mouse on ATX class motherboards