At first, the fields in the machine code were separated by various delimiters; commas, spaces, tabs, etc.
Later, The fields were addressed by a letter code; G, X, Y, F, M, etc. The first required field was usually a preparatory code "G".
When machine specific conversational codes became available, it became popular to refer to the more universal older format as "G" code.
Thus one could say that his control was conversational in "Haas", could emulate "Fanuc" and of course, could accept "G" code.
Gene Bowen
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Hi all,Maybe this is simple, or maybe we will have some fun with it.I was just asked this question:What does the "G" stand for in g-code? After 25 years in the business, I couldn't answer! I can make some educated guesses, but I have never heard the real definition.So... what's the "G" stand for?
