Usually means: Connectors for interfacing different devices.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word adapters:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. adapters: Merriam-Webster
  2. adapters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. adapters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Adapters, adapter's, adapters: Wordnik
  5. adapters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. adapters: Wiktionary
  7. adapters: Dictionary.com
  8. Adapters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. adapters: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. adapters: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. adapters: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See adapter as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (adapter)

noun:  One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
noun:  One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun:  A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
noun:  Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
noun:  Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
noun:  Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
noun:  (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
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