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[lapinguina]

Is there a word for the fake plug thing that you put into an outlet to block/protect the outlet? Like on laptops with card readers, they often have a piece of plastic shaped like a card that you take out when you want to insert a real card... does that fake little card have a name

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[y2jdingo]

Is this the type of thing you mean? I googled 'ethernet protection cap'.

And this one I googled 'ethernet port protection cap'.

[lapinguina]

Kind of but it'd actually be the opposite, for putting into the female port rather than for covering the male plug. (I have no idea if they actually exist haha)

[jilltanith]

Go down on the page on the second link for the female end. ;)

[lapinguina]

Aha, good call. Somehow I missed that at 5am :P

[sospan_fach]

Can't help, but just a suggestion: if you can't find a purpose-made one, what about getting hold of a cheap ethernet cable, cutting the plug off the end, and using that as a blocker?

(I once had an old laptop with dodgy sound, which was prone to making loud sound effects at random moments - I chopped the connector off a non-functioning pair of headphones and kept it plugged into the laptop's headphone socket to avoid sudden outbursts of SFX when using it in public.)

[lapinguina]

I considered it as a cheap alternative! It'd be nicer to just have a flat surface over it though rather than a severed cord, which might be sharp/snaggy. Thanks :)

[rogh_sensei]

Goddammit. Mods can you unflag my previous comment? It's been flagged as spam because I linked to a store website.

[lapinguina]

I saw it anyway in my email. Thanks for finding the name for me - a "dummy plug" does appear to be the word I was after!