Numerical control or lately, computer numerical control.

Historically numerical control began about 1948

The objectives of numerical control are to make more efficient handling of tasks through programmable automation. The first numerical control machines were built in the 1940s and 1950s and have evolved into the machine tools seen today.

John D. McCarroll has written:

'Computer-aided part programming for numerical control' -- subject(s): Data processing, Machine-tools, Numerical control

'Computer-aided programming for numerical control'

Frank Bryant Lockwood has written:

'Fundamentals of numerical control' -- subject(s): Machine-tools, Numerical control