Electrical Engineering Glossary Definition for GPIB

Definition

General Purpose Interface Bus: A standard bus for controlling electronic instruments with a computer. Also called IEEE-488 bus because it is defined by ANSI/IEEE Standards 488-1978, and 488.2-1987. Also called HP-IB, a trademarked term of Hewlett-Packard, which invented the protocol.

Synonyms

• General Purpose Interface Bus
• IEEE-488
• HP-IB
• 488

See Also

• IEEE
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