Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Program
ORking> (ACF/NCP, usually called just "NCP") The primary SNAnetwORk control program, one of the ACF products. ACF/NCP resides in the communications controller and interfaces with ACF/VTAM in the host processOR to control netwORk communications. NCP can also communicate with multiple hosts using {local channel} OR remote links ({PU} type 5 OR PU type 4) thus enabling cross domain application communication. In a multiple mainframe SNA environment, any terminal OR application can access any other application on any host using cross domain logon. See also EmulatOR program. [Communication OR Communications?] (1999-01-29)