NCP - Revision history

Jnc: Chaos confusion fix

2023-12-12T15:52:37Z

Chaos confusion fix

2023-08-18T05:56:49Z

Lispm and IBM joins the fray.

2022-06-29T12:58:58Z

typo

2022-06-28T19:03:18Z

Give history/changing meaning of NCP on the ARPANET

2018-03-15T18:23:07Z

Jnc moved page NCP to Network Control Program: Follow system of full names

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#REDIRECT [[Network Control Program]]

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 The acronym '''NCP''', when associated with the [[ARPANET]], changed its meaning there over time. Originally it was an acronym for the [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)|Network Control Program]] - the collection of software on the [[host]]s which implemented the [[protocol suite]] of the ARPANET. It later (once there was a second protocol suite, [[TCP/IP]], available there) became used to refer to the original protocol suite itself. For such a meaning, the original expansion was inappropriate, so starting with RFC-772 (from September 1980), it became a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym] for [[Network Control Protocol]].
-NCP is also used to refer to the [[LISP machine]] [[Chaosnet]] [[protocol stack|stack]], and software for [[IBM]]'s a 37xx communications controller.  It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the [[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
+NCP is also used to refer to the [[LISP machine]] [[Chaosnet|Chaos]] [[protocol stack|stack]], and software for [[IBM]]'s a 37xx communications controller.  It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the [[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
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 The acronym '''NCP''', when associated with the [[ARPANET]], changed its meaning there over time. Originally it was an acronym for the [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)|Network Control Program]] - the collection of software on the [[host]]s which implemented the [[protocol suite]] of the ARPANET. It later (once there was a second protocol suite, [[TCP/IP]], available there) became used to refer to the original protocol suite itself. For such a meaning, the original expansion was inappropriate, so starting with RFC-772 (from September 1980), it became a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym] for [[Network Control Protocol]].
-It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the [[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
+NCP is also used to refer to the [[LISP machine]] [[Chaosnet]] [[protocol stack|stack]], and software for [[IBM]]'s a 37xx communications controller.  It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the [[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
 {{disambiguation}}

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 The acronym '''NCP''', when associated with the [[ARPANET]], changed its meaning there over time. Originally it was an acronym for the [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)|Network Control Program]] - the collection of software on the [[host]]s which implemented the [[protocol suite]] of the ARPANET. It later (once there was a second protocol suite, [[TCP/IP]], available there) became used to refer to the original protocol suite itself. For such a meaning, the original expansion was inappropriate, so starting with RFC-772 (from September 1980), it became a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym] for [[Network Control Protocol]].
-It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the[[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
+It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the [[Network Control Program (DECnet)|Network Control Program]].
 {{disambiguation}}

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Network Control Program]]	+	The acronym '''NCP''', when associated with the [[ARPANET]], changed its meaning there over time. Originally it was an acronym for the [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)\|Network Control Program]] - the collection of software on the [[host]]s which implemented the [[protocol suite]] of the ARPANET. It later (once there was a second protocol suite, [[TCP/IP]], available there) became used to refer to the original protocol suite itself. For such a meaning, the original expansion was inappropriate, so starting with RFC-772 (from September 1980), it became a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym backronym] for [[Network Control Protocol]].
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		+	It is possible that it was also used to refer to the [[DECnet]] software management program, the[[Network Control Program (DECnet)\|Network Control Program]].
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		+	{{disambiguation}}