The word "adaptor" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a device that allows two different types of connections to join together or work together, such as an electrical plug adaptor. For example: "I need to buy a new adaptor so I can connect my laptop to the projector."
You need a broadband connection and an adaptor to use it.
The firm has also developed special "skins" for Blackberry smart-phones, so that they too can be charged without the need for an adaptor.
As it is, his office becomes a veritable Christmas tree of fairy lights at night with all the red, green and amber standby diodes twinkling in the dark.Running the numbers, he has found that a five-watt adaptor used to recharge a device for one hour a day will consume at least as much power on standby during the remaining 23 hours.
Both use a new format called "micro four-thirds" which provides a choice of compatible lenses and, with an adaptor, allows some other lenses to be used, too.
While most broadband households will use such services by plugging their normal phones in to an adaptor connected to their home networks, more advanced households may have special phones that don't need adaptors but use the so-called "session initiation protocol" instead.
The usual way is through a mains adaptor.
Some mobile-phone manufacturers are already shipping their products without a power adaptor.
It soon moved into hardware: in September 1982 it started shipping "EtherLink" adaptor cards for IBM's new personal computer.
Sony, for example, is also working on a plug-in adaptor for its PSP portable gaming console that will enable it to be used as a mobile phone.Stick to your knittingYet even as all these weird and wonderful hybrids proliferate, there will still be a role for dedicated devices.
Most phones and other small gadgets can charge from a simple USB cable plugged into a computer or an adaptor.
An adaptor is attached to each gadget (often as a specially designed replacement for its back cover) with three lugs on its back for making contact with the charging mat's conductive surface.
