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[[Image:Small CNC Turning Center.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A CNC Turning Center]]

The [[acronym]] '''CNC''' stands for '''''C'''omputer(ized) '''N'''umerical(ly) '''C'''ontrol(led)'', and refers specifically to the [[computer]] control of [[machine tool]]s for the purpose of (repeatedly) [[manufacturing]] complex parts in [[metal]] as well as other [[material]]s, using a [[program]] written in a [[notation]] conforming to the EIA-274-D standard and commonly called ''[[G-code]]''.

CNC was developed in the late [[1940s]] and early [[1950s]] by the [[MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory]].