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A connector assembly includes a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that define a mating interface. A contact module is received within the housing through the loading end, and the contact module includes contacts, a body and a plurality of conductors held b

A connector assembly includes a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that define a mating interface. A contact module is received within the housing through the loading end, and the contact module includes contacts, a body and a plurality of conductors held by the body. The conductors extend between mating ends and wire terminating ends, and the contacts extend from the mating ends of the conductors at the mating interface of the housing. The wire terminating ends are configured to be terminated to individual wires of a cable. A clip has a first securing tab and a second securing tab, wherein the first securing tab is securely coupled to the housing and the second securing tab is securely coupled to the contact module. The clip securely retains the contact module within the housing.

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What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that defines a mating interface; a contact module received within the housing through the loading end, the contact module includes a plurality of conductors and an

What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that defines a mating interface; a contact module received within the housing through the loading end, the contact module includes a plurality of conductors and an overmolded body molded over the conductors, a portion of each conductor extending from an edge of the body to define contacts at a mating end of the conductors, portions of the conductors defining wire terminating ends configured to be terminated to individual wires, the body being configured to be molded over ends of the individual wires such that multiple wires extend from the body; and a clip having a first securing tab and a second securing tab, wherein the first securing tab is securely coupled to the housing and the second securing tab is securely coupled to the contact module, the clip securely retains the contact module within the housing. 2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the first securing tab includes at least one tab extending from the clip proximate to a first end, and wherein the second securing tab includes at least one tab extending from the clip proximate to a second end. 3. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the contact module extends from the loading end of the housing and defines an exposed portion of the contact module, the clip extends along the exposed portion. 4. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the clip resists removal of the contact module from the housing in the direction of the wires. 5. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the body includes a rib extending outward therefrom, the rib is received in a slot in one of the support walls, the clip extends through the support wall and engages the rib. 6. The connector assembly of claim 1, further comprising a second contact module, the second securing tab engaging the contact module and the second contact module. 7. The connector assembly of claim 1, further comprising a second clip, the second clip being securely coupled to another support wall of the housing generally opposite to the clip, the second clip being securely coupled to the body of the contact module generally opposite to the clip. 8. A connector assembly comprising: a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end, the mating end defining a mating interface; a plurality of substantially identically formed contact modules received within the housing through the loading end, each contact module includes a body, a plurality of contacts, and a plurality of conductors electrically connected to corresponding contacts, the conductors being arranged as a leadframe, the body being overmolded over the conductors to hold the conductors, the conductors having a wire terminating end being configured to be terminated to individual wires, the conductors being arranged in sets of first, second and third conductors configured to operate in one of a signal-signal-ground conductor pattern and a ground-signal-signal conductor pattern; and commoning members separate from the contact modules, each commoning member being coupled to an outer side of a corresponding contact module, the commoning member being configured to be directly electrically connected to certain ones of the conductors defining ground conductors, wherein the commoning member defines the conductor pattern based on the particular conductors of the contact module that the commoning member engages, the orientation of the commoning member with respect to the body may be changed to change the conductor pattern. 9. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the conductors are arranged as a leadframe, the body being overmolded over the conductors to hold the conductors. 10. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the conductors are arranged in sets, each set of conductors having conductors carrying differential signals and defining a differential pair, the body holds more than one set of conductors. 11. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that defines a mating interface, and a contact module received within the housing through the loading end, the contact module having a body, a plurality of mating contacts extending from the body and a plurality of conductors held by the body and electrically connected to respective ones of the mating contacts, the conductors are configured to be terminated to individual wires of a cable, the first connector further having a clip coupled to the housing and coupled to the contact module to securely retain the contact module within the housing, the clip having an actuator retention feature, and the first connector further having a latching feature and an actuator movable with respect to the latching feature, the actuator being movably coupled to the actuator retention feature of the clip and movable between a first position and an actuated position; and a second connector having a second housing having a second mating interface matable with the mating interface of the first connector and a plurality of second mating contacts held within the housing for mating with the mating contacts of the first connector, the second connector further having a movable latch matable with the latching feature when the first and second connectors are joined; wherein the latch is moved by the actuator from a locked position to a released position, the latch locking with the latching feature when the latch is in the locked position and the latch being released from the latching feature when the latch is in the released position. 12. The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the clip includes a plate, the actuator retention feature extends outward from the plate. 13. The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the actuator retention feature includes first and second brackets extending from opposite sides of the clip. 14. The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the clip is separately provided from the housing and the contact module of the first connector. 15. The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the actuator includes a tooth extending outward therefrom, the actuator retention feature includes a window extending along a length of the actuator retention feature, the tooth being received in the window and the window defining a range of motion of the actuator between the first and actuated positions. 16. The connector assembly of claim 11, further comprising a biasing element biasing the actuator toward the first position. 17. The connector assembly of claim 11, further comprising a first actuator and a first latching feature on a first side of the contact module, a second actuator and a second latching feature on a second side of the contact module, and first and second latches on opposite sides of the second housing. 18. The connector assembly of claim 8, wherein adjacent contact modules have different conductor patterns. 19. The connector assembly of claim 8, further comprising a clip coupled to the housing and coupled to each of the contact modules to securely retain the contact modules within the housing. 20. The connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the commoning member has a plurality of tabs extending through the body and engaging select ones of the conductors to electrically common such conductors.