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ANSI INCITS 37-1999
Programming Language APT (revision, redesignation and consolidation of ANSI X3.37-1995, ANSI X3.37-1995/AM 2-1998, ANSI X3.37-1995/AM 1-1998) (formerly ANSI INCITS 37-1999)
Establishes the form for, and the interpretation of ,programs expressed in the Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) language and of the System-Neutral CLFILE (SCL), which can be generated by processors, such as APT, or by graphical systems. The purpose is to promote portability of these input language programs to a wide variety of computers. In addition, the SCL permits commonality and portability, regardless of the source that produces it, to a wide variety of manufacturing equipment. APT is an English-like language for describing operations for numerically controlled machines. An APT language input program is converted by a computer processor and, probably, subsequently by a postprocessor into an ordered set of instructions for numerically controlled machines.
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards [incits]