A character in the movie
TRON. The
MCP is a modified
chess program written by
Ed Dillinger to aid in the
management and
expansion of
ENCOM. It is
artificially intelligent,
self-aware, and self-
training. It is capable of
assimilating other
programs into itself in order to expand its own capabilities. At some point, it got out of Dillinger's control and decided to take over the world.
DILLINGER: Now wait a minute -- I wrote you!
MCP: I've gotten 2,415 times smarter since then.
In the
real world, the
MCP manifests as a
voice speaking from
terminals on the ENCOM
network. It appears to be capable of controlling pretty much anything on the network, up to and including
Walter Gibbs's experimental
laser transport system.
In the virtual world, the MCP appears as a giant face in a column of light. Through Command Program Sark, it rules as a tyrant over the other AI programs in the system.