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It was used to gain experience with packet switching technology before the specification of [[Transpac (network)|TRANSPAC]] was frozen.<ref name="Transpac choices"/> RCP was a [[virtual circuit|virtual-circuit]] network in contrast to CYCLADES which was based on [[datagram]]s. RCP emphasised terminal-to-host and terminal-to-terminal connection; CYCLADES was concerned with host-to-host communication. 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