Web and technology
BCP
Abbreviation for Best Current Practice
In short and in plain language
BCP is the name of a series of papers.
A group that works on the technology of the internet puts them out.
The papers describe accepted ways to run the internet.
Each paper in the series has its own running number.
Definition
BCP denotes a series of documents by the Internet Engineering Task Force that describe accepted procedures for operating the internet. Each document in this series carries a running number.