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AC power plugs:

--- Mains Power Plug s, principally used for connecting equipment to wall outlets. See that article for information about mains electricity plugs around the world as well as information for travellers.

--- Industrial Power Plug s, used for larger equipment than normal mains plugs.

DC Plug s

Mains inlet connectors, designed to attach a power cable to an appliance, of which the IEC Connector (see image below) is the most common

Battery connectors

Lucar Connector s

Terminals

Terminal blocks

Industrial power connectors, of which one of the most common types is

---the IEC 309 ( BS 4343 ) so-called "commando" plug and socket.

Personal Computer Power Supply connectors

--- Molex Connector — four pin Hard Disk drive (HDD) connectors, also used for powering CD-ROM drives, burners etc

--- Berg Connector — smaller four pin Floppy Disk drive (FDD) connectors, also used by some hard drives, and carrying the same power supplies as the HDD connectors

--- AT motherboard connectors consisting of two in-line connectors

--- ATX motherboard connectors which have now obsoleted the older AT-style connectors

--- Serial ATA (SATA) power connectors