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'''Network Computer Reference Profile''' ('''NC reference profle''', '''NCRP''') was a specification for a [[network computer]] put forward by [[Oracle Corporation]], endorsed by [[Sun Microsystems]], [[IBM]], [[Apple Computer]], and [[Netscape]], and finalized in 1996.

'''Network Computer Reference Profile''' ('''NC reference profleprofile''', '''NCRP''') was a specification for a [[network computer]] put forward by [[Oracle Corporation]], endorsed by [[Sun Microsystems]], [[IBM]], [[Apple Computer]], and [[Netscape]], and finalized in 1996.

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== Intel ==

After a trip by Ellison to [[Acer Group]] headquarters in 1996, he realised the importance to industry of having products based on [[Intel]] ([[x86]]-compatible) processors. NCI president Jerry Baker noted that "nobody [corporate users] had ever heard of the ARM chip".<ref name="Inc1997">{{cite news|author=Guth, Rob|title=Network World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12|accessdate=7 January 2013|date=21 April 1997|work=[[Network World]]|page=12|issn=0887-7661}}</ref>

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== See also ==

* [[Network Computer]], the brand, created by Oracle, for which the NCRP was the specification

[[Network Computer]], the brand, created by Oracle, for which the NCRP was the specification

== References ==