Well, this cleared up the NCP confusion for me at least. I was only vaguely aware of how the Arpanet functioned, but I had also seen this "NCP was a precursor t

Well, this cleared up the NCP confusion for me at least. I was only vaguely aware of how the Arpanet functioned, but I had also seen this "NCP was a precursor to TCP" claim, every time Arpanet came up in discussions. But it wasn't that at all. Program, not Protocol.