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'''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
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
NCP's were written for many [[operating system]]s, including [[Multics]], [[TENEX (operating system)|TENEX]], [[Unix|UNIX]] and [[TOPS-10]], and many of those NCP's survive (although of course they are now only used by vintage computer enthusiasts).
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