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APT (programming language)
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<p>APT (Automatically Programmed Tool) is a high-level <a href="/facts/Computer_programming_language/cWTYbgWa">computer programming language</a> most commonly used to generate instructions for <a href="/facts/Numerically_controlled_machine/B2c7UbaX">numerically controlled machine</a> tools. <a href="/facts/Douglas_T._Ross/wKbeMNbA">Douglas T. Ross</a> is considered by many to be the father of APT: as head of the newly created Computer Applications Group of the Servomechanisms Laboratory at <a href="/facts/MIT/Xk49vNA8">MIT</a> in 1956, he led its technical effort. APT is a language and system that alleviates the tedious mathematics of writing toolpaths for numerically controlled equipment. This early language was used widely through the 1970s and is still a standard internationally. Derivatives of APT were later developed. </p>