#REDIRECT [[Network Control Protocol (ARPANET)#Network Control Program]]
'''Network Control Program''' (usually given as '''NCP''') was the name for the software on [[host (network)|hosts]] which implemented the [[Network Control Protocol (ARPANET)|Network Control Protocol]] of the [[ARPANET]].<ref name="NCPOrigin">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc33.txt|title=New HOST-HOST Protocol|access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref>
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It was almost universally referred to by the acronym, NCP. This was later taken over to refer to the [[protocol stack|protocol suite]] itself.<ref name="NCPReuse1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.postel.org/ien/pdf/ien011.pdf|title=Internetting or Beyond NCP|access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref><ref name="NCPReuse2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfc-editor.org/ien/ien18.pdf|title=Proposed Revisions to the TCP|access-date=2022-08-04}}</ref>
