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What would you count as an adaptor cable?
I am organizing audio cables at my workplace. XLR, quater inch, RCA ect. I am a student in an a/v office and my goal is to make our cable rack easy to navigate, even for noobs. I am trying to differentiate from what I would call a "standard cable" and an "adaptor cable." Obviously cables that go from XLR or RCA to a 1/4 inch plug is an adapter. But I also have some XLR Male to XLR Female cables that are long and short. Should the short cable be included as adaptors or should only cables that convert the plug type be considered adaptors?
Adapter is different sort of plugs, but internally directly connected. A converter uses electronincs (typically active) to change between signal types.
A cord with the same plugs on each end is a patch.
A cord with the same type of plug on each end but opposite gender, is an extension.
A multipin plug with a number if one or two, or three pin plugs, is called a breakout cable (used to save connector space on a chassis).
