adapter
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right|thumb|This mains power plug travel adapter allows British plugs to be connected to American or Australian sockets.
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right|thumb|This mains power plug travel adapter allows British plugs to be connected to American or Australian sockets.
An adapter or adaptor is a device that converts attributes of one electrical device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system. Some modify power or signal attributes, while others merely adapt the physical form of one connector to another.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “adapter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.