Control Program
control program
[kən′trōl ‚prō·grəm](computer science)
A program which carries on input/output operations, loading of programs, detection of errors, communication with the operator, and so forth.
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Control Program
(operating system)(CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
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