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==Examples of external computer buses==

===Parallel===
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* [[HIPPI]] High Performance Parallel Interface
* [[IEEE-488]] (also known as GPIB, General-Purpose Interface Bus, and HPIB, Hewlett-Packard Instrumentation Bus)
* [[PC Card]], previously known as ''PCMCIA'', much used in laptop computers and other portables, but fading with the introduction of USB and built-in network and modem connections
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===Serial===
Many [[field bus]]es are serial data buses (not to be confused with the parallel data bus section of a [[system bus]] or [[expansion card]]), several of which use the [[RS-485]] electrical characteristics and then specify their own protocol and connector:
* [[CAN bus]] ("Controller Area Network")
* [[Modbus]]
* [[ARINC 429]]
* [[MIL-STD-1553]]
* [[IEEE 1355]]

Other serial buses include:
* [[Camera Link]]
* [[eSATA]]
* [[ExpressCard]]
* [[IEEE 1394 interface]] (FireWire)
* [[RS-232]]
* [[Thunderbolt (interface)|Thunderbolt]]
* [[USB]]