pico-
= P =
pilot error
pig-tail
[radio hams] A short piece of cable with two
connectors on each end for converting between one connector type
and another. Common pig-tails are 9-to-25-pin serial-port
converters and cables to connect PCMCIA network cards to an RJ-45
network cable.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.