Abstract: Retention of terminals in an edgeboard connector for connecting wires to a printed circuit board is affected using a variety of structural elements. Lances depending from the front end of each terminal are inserted in slots in the bottom wall of the connector; stop-blocks on the interior of the connector are used to orient and retain the terminals in position within the connector housing and a lock bar is fixedly attached to a rear portion of the connector so as to abut against ears disposed on a sidewall of the terminal so as to simultaneously hold in place the entire array of terminals in the connector.