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G-code (also RS-274), which has many variants, is the common name for the most widely used numerical control (NC) programming language. It is used mainly in computer-aided manufacturing to control automated machine tools. G-code is sometimes called G programming language, not to be confused with LabVIEW's G programming language.
G-code is a language in which people tell computerized machine tools how to make something. The "how" is defined by instructions on where to move, how fast to move, and what path to move. The most common situation is that, within a machine tool, a cutting tool is moved according to these instructions through a toolpath and cuts away material to leave only the finished workpiece. The same concept also extends to noncutting tools such as forming or burnishing tools, photoplotting, additive methods such as 3D printing, and measuring instruments.
G-code is a programming language for numerical control.
G-code or G code may also refer to:
- Video recorder scheduling code, a video recorder programming system.
- Code of the streets, a code of conduct for those in the inner city.
- Tha G-Code, a 1999 album by rapper Juvenile.
- G-Code, a song by Geto Boys in their 2005 album The Foundation.
- G Code, a 2008 album by Korean rapper Eun Ji Won.
- a specific instance of the Bell 206B Jet Ranger III helicopter.
- certain codes used in non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) modeling.
- a code used in the U.S. medical billing industry with reference to the status of electronic prescribing, for Medicare reimbursement purposes.