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Subject: [Discuss] OT: what is this cable for?
From: William.Ricker at FMR.COM (Ricker, William)
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:56:23 -0400
In-reply-to: <201111021641.042451@ms19.lnh.mail.rcn.net>
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> >So does anyone want to explain the difference between DB and DA?

> In theory, DB is 25 pin, DA is 15 pin.   
> In practice anything "D sized" is called DB: DB9 (serial), DB15 (VGA, three rows), etc.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-sub

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- [Discuss] OT: what is this cable for?
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- [Discuss] OT: what is this cable for?
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