Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Q: 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 .
A:
It was a de facto industry standard for many years , and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s , which defined a bi-directional version of the port .