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Cool, had wondered how old that feature was. Side note; Not sure I've heard 3.5mm connectors called 1/8" connectors before, though I have heard of the larger 1
by gertlex 4y ago
Cool, had wondered how old that feature was.
Side note; Not sure I've heard 3.5mm connectors called 1/8" connectors before, though I have heard of the larger 1/4" connectors.
- jacquesm 4y agoThey're not actually 1/8th of an Inch either.
- brk 4y agoBut it is in fact commonly called a 1/8" (headphone) jack.
- gertlex 4y agoAs noted in my comment, never noticed 1/8" before (and am American, so no particular metric bias...). All e.g. MP3 players historically called them 3.5mm jacks, is what my brain is telling me. Some googling: 3.5mm jack - 49million results 1/8" jack - 63 million results 3.5mm stereo jack - 19 million results 1/8 stereo jack 5.9 million 1/8" stereo jack - 5.47 million Evidently, it's a common term! Guess once I decided what I was calling them, that's what I searched for, and what I skimmed technical details for.
- sublinear 4y agoAmmunition caliber is similarly interesting
- aidenn0 4y agoRight .223 Remington has the same bullet diameter of .222 Remington; namely 0.224 inches. Metric dimensions of rifle-cartridges, however, seem to reliably be the land-diameter: 5.56x45, 7.62x51, and 7.62x39 all have eponymous land-diameters.
- AlbertCory 4y agoAnd famously, a 2x4 piece of lumber is not actually 2" by 4" either.
- jacquesm 4y agoWell, that depends. Prior to finish planing they are exactly 2" x 4", and that's where they get their name. You can buy these in bulk straight from the sawmill or lumber wholesalers. But most lumber is sold neatly planed and then the outside dimensions change.
- AlbertCory 4y agoTIL. I know that if you bought a 2x4 that was actually 2" x 4", it wouldn't fit into anything else that expects typical dimensions.