List of the most common computer connectors

We present you a list of the most common computer connectors, and as a bonus we’ll mention a few HiFI related connectors.
This list will be occasionaly updated, and for now here is the list sorted alphabetically in the following form:

• name,
• link, to see further info, connector variations, etc.
• picture of the connector (female connector or ports might be included).

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8P8C connector or Ethernet connector (incorrectly refered to as RJ45; confusion):

AMP MATE-N-LOK 1-480424-0 Power Connector

Antenna connector (Belling-Lee connector)

ATX connectors (from left to right: 20-pin ATX motherboard connector, 4-pin CPU connector, fan header connector, SATA HDD power connector, Molex power connectors for HDD and optical drives, floppy power connector):

Banana connector

Berg Power Connector (4-Pin)

D-subminiature connectors (D-Sub) ; below is DE-9 connector commonly used for serial port; a DB-25 connector is often used for a parallel port (or printer port):

DisplayPort connector

DVI connector (Digital Visual Interface)

eSATA connector

FireWire connector ( i.LINK / 1394 )

Front panel connector (System panel connector)

HDMI connector (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

C13 female IEC power connector (note that, as with the Molex connector, the gender of the connector is defined by the pins within the hood, so below is a female connector):

MHL connector (Mobile High-Definition Link)

Molex Connector

PATA connector (Paralell ATA)

Phone connector (phone jack, audio jack, jack plug or phone plug):

PS/2 connector (6-pin mini-DIN connector)

RCA connector (Radio Corporation of America) or Phono connector or Cinch connector:

RF connector (Radio Frequency); below is the male RF connector type N:

S-Video connector (the 4-pin mini-DIN connector)

SAS connector (Serial Attached SCSI); below is SFF 8484:

SATA data connector (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)

SATA power connector

SCART connector (Syndicat des Constructeurs d’Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs); other names: Péritel, 21-pin EuroSCART, Euroconector, EuroAV or EIA Multiport:

SCSI connector (Small Computer System Interface)

SMA connector (SubMiniature version A)

Thunderbolt connector

Toslink connector (used with S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)); below is: TOSLINK connector (JIS F05)

USB connector (Universal Serial Bus)

USB 3.0 connector 

USB On-The-Go

VGA connector (Video Graphics Array)

 

XLR3 connector