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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>VISA was originally standardized through the VXIplug&play Alliance, a now-defunct T&M standards body. The current standard, "VISA Specification 5.0", is maintained by the <a href="http://www.ivifoundation.org">IVI Foundation</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Standard_Commands_for_Programmable_Instruments/pz4SLcVw">Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments</a> (SCPI)</li> <li><a href="/facts/High_Speed_LAN_Instrument_Protocol/s2V8B5dT">High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol</a> (HiSLIP)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Instrument_driver/WG0aFq8m">Instrument driver</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.rohde-schwarz.de/appnote/1MA208">Fast Remote Instrument Control with HiSLIP - Application Note</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ivifoundation.org/specifications/">IVI Foundation Specifications</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"VISA Specification". IVI Foundation. <a href="http://www.ivifoundation.org/specifications/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ivifoundation.org/specifications/default.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"IVI-6.1: High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP)" (PDF). IVI Foundation. <a href="http://www.ivifoundation.org/downloads/Class%20Specifications/IVI-6.1_HiSLIP-2010-06-08.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ivifoundation.org/downloads/Class%20Specifications/IVI-6.1_HiSLIP-2010-06-08.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"VXI-11 Bus Specification". VXI Bus Consortium. <a href="http://www.vxibus.org/?q=node/206" target="_blank">http://www.vxibus.org/?q=node/206</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"USB Test & Measurement Class Specification". USB Implementers Forum Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-04-30. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100326005605/http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100326005605/http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>