Digital Audio Connectors

The most common kind of digital audio connection is S/PDIF.  The connectors either look like:


this (an RCA cable, just like the analog one):

gold rca connectors


this (a TOSLINK optical),

toslink optical

or this (mini-TOSLINK)--new Macs accept these.

mini-toslink






Credits (you don't have to copy this part):

RCA connector pic from (http://www.soundphilosophy.ca/images/puresonicpics/ps7010A.gif)
TOSLINK pic from (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/da/300px-TOSLINK.jpg)
Mini-TOSLINK pic from (http://www.cablesdirect.com/prodimages/FCTKMP-A_LR.jpg)