IEEE-488
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IEEE-488 is a short-range digital communications 8-bit parallel multi-master interface bus specification. IEEE-488 was created as HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus) and is commonly called GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus). It has been the subject of several standards.