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Parallel port
A
parallel port
is a type of
interface
found on
computers
(
personal
and otherwise) for connecting peripherals. In
computing
, a parallel port is a
parallel communication
physical interface. It is also known as a
printer port
or Centronics port. It was an industry
de facto standard
for many years, and was finally standardized as
IEEE 1284
in the late 1990s, which defined the
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)
and
Extended Capability Port (ECP)
bi-directional versions. Today, the parallel port interface is virtually non-existent because of the rise of
Universal Serial Bus
(USB) devices, along with network printing using
Ethernet
.
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