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Where you tell a machine exactly what to do, and for once it listens.
means Computer Numerical Control: software directs machine tools to cut, mill, or carve material with mechanical precision.
from Born from 1940s NC (Numerical Control), where machinists fed instructions via punched paper tape; the C arrived when computers replaced the tape and the swearing.
G-codeThe blunt language telling machines where to go.
MIT rootsFirst demonstrated at MIT in 1952.
ToleranceRoutinely accurate to a human hair's width.