patchcord

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

patchcord
    n 1: a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make
         connections at a patchboard

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

patchcord \patch"cord\ n.
   A conducting cord with a plug at each end, used to make
   connections between circuit terminals at a patchboard.
   [WordNet 1.5]