Releasable connection for cables

A connector comprising:

• a tubular housing having disposed therein mating components,
• wherein
• at least one of the mating components comprises a spring-loaded plunger that extends beyond a front surface of the tubular housing and that retracts into the housing in response to pressure applied to the spring-loaded plunger,
• the mating components have disposed therein transmission components configured to terminate conductors of a cable, and
• the connector further comprises a first magnet disposed between the mating components and configured to engage with a second magnet disposed inside another connector.

A cable connector, comprising:

• a tubular connector housing;
• and
• transmission components disposed within mating components that reside within the tubular connector housing, wherein
• at least one of the mating components is a spring-loaded component that moves, independently of the tubular connector housing and the other mating components, to retract into the tubular connector housing in response to a force applied to the at least one of the mating components as the cable connector is mated with another cable connector, and
• the mating components comprise a first pair of opposing mating components, including the at least one of the mating components, that comprise spring-loaded plunger components, and a second pair of opposing mating components that comprise non-plunger components.