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Line 1: '''Virtual Instrument Software Architecture''', commonly known as '''VISA''', is a widely used [[Input/output\|I/O]] [[Application programming interface\|API]] in the test and measurement (T&M) industry for communicating with [[Measuring instrument\|instruments]] from a [[Personal computer\|PC.]] VISA is an [[Technical standard\|industry standard]] implemented by several T&M companies, such as ~~[[Agilent\|Agilent Technologies]]~~, [[Anritsu]], [[Bustec]], [[Keysight Technologies]], Kikusui, [[National Instruments]], [[Rohde & Schwarz]], and [[Tektronix]]. The VISA standard<ref name="VISA Specification">{{cite news \|url=http://www.ivifoundation.org/specifications/default.aspx Line 7: \|publisher=USB Implementers Forum Inc. \|title=USB Test & Measurement Class Specification}}</ref> (over [[USB]]). The VISA library has standardized the presentation of its operations over several software reuse mechanisms, including through a C [[Application programming interface\|API]] exposed from Windows [[Library (computer science)#Dynamic linking\|DLL]], visa32.dll ~~and~~, over the Microsoft [[Component Object Model\|COM]] technology., Aand through a ~~VISA~~[[.NET Framework\|.NET]] ~~implementation is currently (2012) under development by the IVI Foundation~~API. Although there are several VISA vendors and implementations, applications written against VISA are (nominally) vendor-interchangeable thanks to the standardization of VISA's presentation and operations/capabilities. Implementations from specific vendors {{Specify\|date=August 2015}} are also available for less common programming languages {{Specify\|date=August 2015}} and software reuse technologies. ==History== Line 22: == External links == * [http://www.rohde-schwarz.de/appnote/1MA208 Fast Remote Instrument Control with HiSLIP - Application Note] * [http://www.ivifoundation.org/specifications/ IVI Foundation Specifications] [[Category:Input/output]]

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