Gender of connectors and fasteners
（重定向自Female connector）
![Lego toy brick connections are male on top, and female underneath](/Images/godic/202501/12/LEGO-011921.jpg")
![A male threaded pipe (left), and female threaded elbow](/Images/godic/202501/12/Malefemalepipe1921.jpg")
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In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The "female" connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the "male" connector.