Although technically incorrect I thing the RJ45 name has become generalized just as "Kleenex" and "Xerox" has. Those were trademarks but other words have undergone similar generalizations.
Doug Fred Townsend wrote: > History is replete with many examples of connector misnaming: > DB9 for DA9 > Centronics for Ampenol 'Blue Ribbon' > IBM Printer for DB25 > and elsewhere on airplanes > black boxes for orange boxes > or even > hacker for criminal > phone or fone for voice radio > > Fred Townsend > > Joe Randolph wrote: > >> On 12/14/2006, Daniel Roman wrote: >> >>> I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the misuse of the "RJ-45" >>> name when really what is meant is an 8-position modular jack. RJ-45 -- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: d...@dsmith.org \ _ / ] \ _ / Web: http://www.dsmith.org - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________