Connector Gender
IBM 360 I/O cables have what are called "Hermaphroditic" (occasionally as "Serpentine", for another word with various controversial connotations).
Meanwhile, as I believe I have mentioned in the past, a friend realized the source of "Male" and "Female" in connector terminology while in the middle of a "basic electronics for aspiring hams" talk he was giving to a group of young-teen seminarians for a missionary order.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
