pin-out

Alternately written as "pinout".

From AllPinouts - Connectors, Cables and Adapters Pinouts:

Pinout or pin-out is a term used in electronics to describe how an electrical cable is wired, or the function of each wire (pin) in a connector.

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Stage Lighting Tech Pages Data: Connector Pinouts is another site containing useful information.

For example, the pin-out for DMX512 (5pin XLR):
1 - Shield
2 - Data -
3 - Data +
4 - not defined
5 - not defined

For microphone cable (3pin XLR):
1 - George (Ground, screen)
2 - Washington's (White)
3 - Bridge (Black)