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A docking connector system has been provided that includes a plurality of interchangeable plug and header chicklets, or terminal modules. Each interchangeable plug and header chicklet includes a plurality of signal contact pairs with corresponding signal pins and a plurality of ground contacts with corresponding ground pins. The signal contact pairs are arranged in a pattern in which a ground contact is positioned between any two signal contact pairs in the same row. Further, a ground contact is positioned between any two signal contact pairs in the same column. The signal contact pairs in one row of the pattern are staggered relative to the signal contact pairs in an adjacent row of the pattern. That is, signal pairs in adjacent rows do not line up with each other. Each plug and header chicklet also includes a plurality of signal pins and a plurality of ground pins. Each signal pin is attached to a signal contact pair, while each ground pin is attached to a ground contact. The interchangeable plug and header chicklets may be positioned in a plug assembly or a header assembly, respectively. The plug assembly and the header assembly mate together such that electrical elements, including the signal contact pairs and ground contacts, of the plug assembly, interface, or contact, electrical elements of the header assembly.
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