adaptor
Socket compatibility device
An adaptor is a device that allows incompatible things to connect or work together.
Electrical adaptors let plugs fit foreign outlets; audio adaptors convert one jack type to another.
The spelling adaptor and adapter are interchangeable, though adapter is more common in American English.
A person who adapts something—a novel for film, say—may also be called an adaptor.
Something that blocks openings
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- outletPoint of release
- converterDevice that transforms input
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
transformer · voltage · power strip · extension · prong · grounding · surge protector · polarity
Docking place for ships
- interfaceShared connection point
- couplingJoint between systems
- junctionPoint where things meet
- terminalAt the endpoint
hub · receptacle · dock · bridge · splice · dongle · ethernet · audio jack
Vehicle operator
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- plug-and-playRequiring no manual configuration
compatibility · protocol · sync · pairing · integration · device · dongle · streaming
Affecting all equally
- adjustableAble to be changed
- convertibleCar with folding roof
- multifunctionalHaving many uses
- all-purposeSuitable for everything
interchangeable · modular · flexible · compatible · multipurpose · interoperability · cross-platform · swappable
plug
Something that blocks openings
charger · transformer · voltage · power strip · extension · prong · grounding · surge protector · polarity
port
Docking place for ships
terminal · hub · receptacle · dock · bridge · splice · dongle · ethernet · audio jack · fitting
driver
Vehicle operator
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
plug-and-play · compatibility · protocol · sync · pairing · integration · device · dongle · streaming
universal
Affecting all equally
- adjustableAble to be changed
- convertibleCar with folding roof
- multifunctionalHaving many uses
all-purpose · interchangeable · modular · flexible · compatible · multipurpose · interoperability · cross-platform · swappable · hot-swappable
- UK Electricssocket, plug, fuse box, mains, earth
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- editorseditor, copy editor, chief editors, editor-in-chief, managing editors
- text workersghostwriter, translator, editor, copywriter, reviser
adaptorblocker
Something that obstructs
incompatibility · barrier · obstructor · disconnector · isolator
- film adaptationMovie from prior source
- power adapterConverts electrical current for devices
- AC adapterConverts outlet power for electronics
- adaptive learningInstruction adjusting to learner
- travel adaptersDevices bridging incompatible outlets
- screen adaptationWork converted for cinema
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