Editing GPIB (section)

{{short description|General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) specification}}
{{Infobox computer hardware bus
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* General Purpose Interface Bus
* Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
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| website     = {{URL|https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/488.1/716/}}
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[[file:IEEE-488-Stecker2.jpg|thumb|IEEE 488 cable with stacking connectors]]

'''General Purpose Interface Bus''' ('''GPIB''') or '''Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus''' ('''HP-IB''') is a short-range digital communications [[8-bit]] [[parallel communication|parallel]] [[Multi-master bus|multi-master]] [[Interface (computing)|interface bus]] specification originally developed by [[Hewlett-Packard]] and standardized in '''IEEE 488.1-2003'''. It subsequently became the subject of several standards. Although the bus was originally created to connect together [[automated test equipment]], it also had some success as a [[peripheral bus]] for early [[microcomputer]]s, notably the [[Commodore PET]]. Newer standards have largely replaced IEEE 488 for computer use, but it is still used by test equipment.