A small plastic clip that creates a connection between two adjacent pins on a circuit board. If the two pins do not need connecting, push the jumper onto a single pin, leaving the other end 'floating'. Plug and Play has removed the need for many of these jumpers, as you can now configure many devices automatically using the BIOS and Windows 95.
A small plastic block with a metal contact that is used to connect two metal pins.
A short length of wire used to complete a circuit.
A removable electrical connector that is inserted into ID seatings.
A wire used to connect two electrical terminals or nearby rails.
Used to connect the binding posts on bi-amp speakers so that they may be used with a single amplifier.
Often on Printed Circuit Boards the designer will allow the board to be set-up in a variety of ways depending on the particular needs of the user. This is accomplished by placing a pair of jumper pins in the circuit. If a small plastic-covered metal clip is placed over the open pair of pins, the circuit becomes closed.
Fiber optic cable that has connectors installed on both sides. See Backbone Cabling.
Small, plastic, electronically conductive piece that connects two metal prongs of a circuit on the motherboard. When a jumper is present, the circuit is closed, and when it is not present, the circuit is open. Depending on whether some circuits are opened or closed, the motherboard switches some options on or off.
Optical fiber cable that has connectors installed on both ends.
short pipe (flexible or rigid) sometimes used to connect a flowline to a subsea structure or two subsea structures located close to one another.
A pair of metal pins that can be shorted by putting a small plug onto the pins. These are often used to configure systems. One of the things that Plug and Play was developed for was to eliminate the need for jumpers.
Small metal blocks with black plastic handles for enabling or disabling specific functions on a motherboard or expansion card.
A component or wire that forms a discrete electrical connection between conductive areas on the external surface of a circuit board. Some jumpers are added during normal assembly, through-hole components using formed wire, and surface mount assemblies using zero-ohm chip resistors. Others are pluggable components. Another use of the term ‘jumper’ is for an electrical connection which is added after fabrication, usually to correct errors or to enable modification of circuitry. Such jumpers are typically made of wire (exceptionally of flexible circuit board), soldered to the surface, and thus referred to as “wire addsâ€. In order to ensure a reliable joint, this repair operation has to be conducted with extreme care, An alternative way of making jumpers uses wire-wrapping around terminals
A conductor that use to connect (short) adjacent pins on a PCB (printed circuit board) to vary the configuration.
A removable wire or small plug whose presence or absence is used to determine some aspect of hardware configuration.
Single twisted pairs used for cross connecting between 66, 110, or Krone blocks.
A tiny connector box that can move between two pins in order to change electrical connectors. The two pins protrude from a circuit board and are electrically connected when the jumper is in place.
a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
a connection to the mother board that looks like a series of vertically stacked pins)
a connector, that when installed, completes a circuit, and when it is not installed, no circuit is completed
a little black connector that straddles two tiny prongs
a piece of small plastic covered metal
a set of two or three pins that jut out from your Motherboard
a small, elastic-encased metal bridge that closes an electrical circuit)
a small piece of hardware that connects a circuit on a computer component
a small plastic clip that slides over two or more metal pins that close an open circuit to set and option, or complete a task
a small plug or switch that closes an electrical circuit
a small, square shaped plug that fits into the pins behind the hard drive
a tiny plastic box that has two holes in it
a wire connecting two points, allowing the signal to "jump" from one point to another
Small plastic/wire 'cap' used to electrically connect pins for configuration
A small, plastic-covered metal clip that slips over two pins protruding from a circuit board. When in place, the jumper connects the pins electronically and closes the circuit, turning it "on".
Patch cable or wire used to establish a circuit, often temporarily, for testing or diagnostics.
In EIDE drives, a jumper is an electrically-conductive component that you place over pairs of pins that extend from the circuit board on the hard drive jumper block to connect them electronically. For example, a jumper is one way to designate a hard drive as master or slave. The jumper block is located next to the 40-pin connector on the hard drive.
A connection on an adapter that changes the operating characteristics of a device. For example, it could set up the I/O address or interrupt type of a port.
A short conductor with which you can connect 2 points.
A tiny connector box that slips over two pins that protrude from a circuit board. The jumper can be moved to change electrical connectors. When in place, the jumper connects the pins electrically. Some board manufacturers use dual in-line package (DIP) switches instead of jumpers.
A jumper fits on two metal connectors. It provides an electrical connection between the two wires to enable a semi-permanent hardware configuration. The...
A plastic plug and metal that is placed over different pins on a device in order to change operation parameters. On a hard drive a jumper is primarily used for setting the device to either primary or secondary.
Usually unjacketed twisted pair wire used to make a cross connection.
A plastic plug containing a metal bridge that completes a circuit; when placed over different pins on a card, a jumper changes the parameters (for example, forcing a hard drive to be secondary storage rather than a boot disk).
A section of cable with a connector on both ends. Abbreviation for the prefix kilo.
Used to connect multiple speaker binding posts on speakers capable of bi- or tri-amping.
A small plug or wire that can be connected between different points in an electronic circuit in order to alter an aspect of a hardware configuration.
Fiber optic cable assembly that has connectors installed on both ends.
A small piece of plastic-covered metal that is used to connect two contacts and complete a circuit.
A short length of conductor used to make a connection between terminals, around a break in a circuit, or around an instrument.
A switch composed of pins and a shunt. The shunt's position on the pins determines the jumper setting.
A device used on printed circuit cards to provide for basic operating settings for the card. They are generally a small metal connector, covered with plastic and designed to slide over two pins on the printed circuit card. DIP switches are used for the same purpose.
An assembly of twisted pairs without connectors, used to join telecommunications circuits/links at the cross-connect.
Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit. Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board. Abbreviation for kilo-, indicating 1000.
Two wired located on the motherboard that hold configuration data.
A wire which connects a number of pins on one end of a cable only, such a looping back Request to Send (RTS) from Clear to Send (CTS).
A short fiber optic cable with connectors on both ends. : Abbreviation for kilo. One thousand or 103. : Abbreviation for Kelvin. Measure of temperature where pure water freezes at 273° and boils at 373°.
A short length of conductor used to complete an electrical circuit, usually temporary, between terminals, or to bypass an existing circuit.
A small piece of metal, usually within a plastic sheath, that is placed over a pair of pins to connect them electronically. By closing or opening this electrical circuit, the jumper acts as a switch. Embedded software can make run-time decisions based on the user's attachment or removal of each jumper on a circuit board.
A short wire to close a break in or cut out part of a circuit or to make a temporary electrical connection.
In electronics and particularly computing, a jumper is a short length of conductor used to close a break in or bypass part of an electrical circuit. Jumpers are typically used to set up or adjust printed circuit boards, such as the motherboards of computers.