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The first implementation of a numerical control programming language was developed at the [[MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory]] in the 1950s. In the decades that followed, many implementations were developed by numerous organizations, both commercial and noncommercial. Elements of G-code had often been used in these implementations.<ref>{{cite book | last=Xu | first=Xun | date=2009 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=habcATPQWJ4C | title=Integrating Advanced Computer-aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control: Principles and Implementations | publisher=Information Science Reference | page=166 | isbn=978-1-59904-716-4 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Harik | first=Ramy | author2=Thorsten Wuest | date=2019 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3h0EAAAQBAJ | title=Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing | publisher=SAE International | page=116 | isbn=978-0-7680-9096-3 | via=Google Books}}</ref> The first [[Technical standard|standardized]] version of G-code used in the United States, ''RS-274'', was published in 1963 by the [[Electronic Industries Alliance]] (EIA; then known as Electronic Industries Association).<ref>{{cite book | last=Evans | first=John M. Jr. | date=1976 | url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-2ef4aaa5a150eedcb85a1e6985e90bfa/pdf/GOVPUB-C13-2ef4aaa5a150eedcb85a1e6985e90bfa.pdf | title=National Bureau of Standards Information Report (NBSIR) 76-1094 (R): Standards for Computer Aided Manufacturing | publisher=National Bureau of Standards | page=43}}</ref> In 1974, EIA approved ''RS-274-C'', which merged ''RS-273'' (variable block for positioning and straight cut) and ''RS-274-B'' (variable block for contouring and contouring/positioning). A final revision of ''RS-274'' was approved in 1979, as ''RS-274-D''.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Schenck | first=John P. | date=January 1, 1998 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20429590/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Understanding common CNC protocols | journal=Wood & Wood Products | publisher=Vance Publishing | volume=103 | issue=1 | page=43 | via=Gale}}</ref><ref>{{citation| title = EIA Standard RS-274-D Interchangeable Variable Block Data Format for Positioning, Contouring, and Contouring/Positioning Numerically Controlled Machines |publisher = Electronic Industries Association |___location= Washington D.C. |date=February 1979}}</ref> In other countries, the standard ''[[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 6983'' (finalized in 1982) is often used, but many European countries use other standards.<ref>{{cite book | last=Stark | first=J. | author2=V.&nbsp;K. Nguyen | date=2009 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIgLRe12RD4C | chapter=STEP-compliant CNC Systems, Present and Future Directions | title=Advanced Design and Manufacturing Based on STEP | editor-last=Xu | editor-first=Xun | editor2=Andrew Yeh Ching Nee | publisher=Springer London | page=216 | isbn=978-1-84882-739-4 | via=Google Books}}</ref> For example, ''[[Deutsches Institut für Normung|DIN]] 66025'' is used in Germany, and PN-73M-55256 and PN-93/M-55251 were formerly used in Poland.

During the 1970s through 1990s, many CNC machine tool builders attempted to overcome compatibility difficulties by standardizing on machine tool controllers built by [[Fanuc]]. [[Siemens]] was another market dominator in CNC controls, especially in Europe. In the 2010s, controller differences and incompatibility arewere notmitigated aswith troublesomethe becausewidespread machiningadoption operations are usually developed withof CAD/CAM applications that canwere capable of outputting machine operations outputin the appropriate G-code for a specific machine through a software tool called a post-processor (sometimes shortened to just a "post").

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