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Usually, the standoff has a #6-32 UNC male thread on one end which screws into a threaded hole in the case or motherboard backplate and a #6-32 UNC female thread in the other end which accepts a screw to retain the motherboard. Less often, the standoff has a female thread in both ends and a second screw is used to attach it to the case.
Size 4-40 is used to receive jackscrews securing cable connectors to external computer ports, and size 6-32 is used for motherboard mounts. Dell, Inc. refers to standoffs that receive thumbscrews as "hex nut screws" and measures them with the metric system .
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Examples of computer connector sockets on various laptops Ports on the back of the Apple Mac Mini (2005) A computer port is a hardware piece on a computer where an electrical connector can be plugged to link the device to external devices, such as another computer, a peripheral device or network equipment. [1] This is a non-standard term.
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If colored white, it typically may be used for splicing neutral wires in a device box, while leaving a pigtail free for connection to a device (such as a receptacle). If colored green, the assembly is intended to be used as a grounding pigtail, similar to the feedthrough twist-on wire connectors without a permanently-attached wire.
The screw lengths for parts C, D and E become whole numbers when adding a 2.6 mm thick bracket (which is how the standard describes them). [2] The screw lengths for part F are minimum / maximum / hole maximum, as in: M6 screws must go at least 9 mm in but at most 10 mm in, and the hole might not be deeper than 12 mm. [2]
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