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[[Image:Gpib-connector.jpg|300px|thumb|GPIB connector on back of a Tektronix [[TDS210]] scope]]
[[Image:Gpib-connector.jpg|300px|thumb|[[GPIB connector]] on back of a Tektronix [[TDS210]] scope]]
The GPIB interface, also known by its IEEE standard number as '''IEEE-488''', is a short-range, 8-bit parallel digital communications bus created as ''HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus)'' in the late 1960s for use with automated test equipment.
The GPIB interface, also known by its IEEE standard number as '''IEEE-488''', is a short-range, 8-bit parallel digital communications bus created as ''HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus)'' in the late 1960s for use with automated test equipment.