Audio

Audio connectors are electrical connectors designed and used for audio frequencies. They can be analogue or digital. Common audio connectors include: An electrical connector is a device for joining electrical circuits together. ... Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a longitudinal wave, and therefore is a mechanical wave. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Analog electronics. ... A digital system is one that uses discrete values (often electrical voltages), especially those representable as binary numbers, or non-numeric symbols such as letters or icons, for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display, rather than a continuous spectrum of values (ie, as in an analog system). ...

• Single-conductor connectors:
  • Banana connectors
  • Five-way binding posts and banana plugs for loudspeakers
  • Fahnestock clips on early breadboard radio receivers.

• Multi-conductor connectors:
  • DB25 is for multi-track recording and other multi-channel audio, analog or digital
  • DIN connectors and mini-DIN connectors
  • RCA connectors, also known as phono connectors or phono plugs, used for analog or digital audio or analog video
  • Speakon connectors by Neutrik for loudspeakers
  • TRS connectors (tip-ring-sleeve jack plugs), including the original 6.35mm (quarter inch) jack and the more recent 3.5mm (miniature or 1/8th inch) and 2.5mm (subminiature) jacks, all in both mono and stereo (or balanced) versions.
  • XLR connectors, also known as Cannon plugs, used for analog or digital balanced audio with a balanced line

• Digital audio interfaces and interconnects:
  • ADAT interface (DB25)
  • AES/EBU interface, normally with XLR connectors
  • S/PDIF, either over coaxial cable or TOSLINK (optical fiber).
  • TOSLINK

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Video

Video connectors carry only video signals. Common video-only connectors include: Video (Latin for I see, first person singular present, indicative of videre, to see) is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. ...

• Component video (3 RCA or BNC)
• Composite video (1 RCA or BNC)
• DB13W3 ("13W3" computer video connector)
• DMS-59, single connector carrying two DVI and two VGA
• Musa, British connector used in broadcasting and telecommunications
• PAL connector, formerly common in Europe
• SCART connector used throughout Europe
• S-Video (1 mini-DIN)
• SDI - Broadcast grade digital interface over BNC cables
• VGA connector found on most video cards
• DVI connector found on PC graphics cards and LCD monitors

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Multiple signals

Some connectors can carry both audio and video signals simultaneously:

• DisplayPort digital connector
• F connectors are used with RF modulators for televisions without direct inputs
• HDMI and HDCP are new digital standards
• SCART, now the most common in Europe
• TRS connectors with more than one ring, or Sony's hybrid RCA with a TRS pin

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• ADC, now-defunct Apple Display Connector