Dvi adaptor difference?

I am curious about some of the adaptors I have and one I've ordered for my MacBook Pro 2010. Some full size dvi ports seem to have four pins surrounding the bar and some do not:
The one that came with my Mac looks like the first wtihout the 4 pins, and the DVI to VGA adaptor I have does not fit because it has 4 pins around the bar like the second image.
I'm confused as to what is supposed to be the standard and work with which??

here's the difference - see image attached...
vga is the blue one...
VGA - Analog
DVI - Digital ( better image quality)

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