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dc_dux · 06-26-2007, 03:03 PM

Mike....just for the record:

The High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (HPCA) was a bill created and introduced by then Senator Al Gore (it was thus referred to as the Gore Bill). It was passed on 09 December, 1991.

This bill led to the development of the National Information Infrastructure (the so-called "information superhighway"), the National Research and Education Network, the High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (an off-shoot of the HPCA), Mosaic (the first web browser), and the creation of a high-speed fiber optic network that, when utilized, would help stimulate the economy.
http://www.answers.com/topic/high-pe...on-act-of-1991

Would the Internet be what it is today without this initiative?

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Mike....just for the record: The High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (HPCA) was a bill created and introduced by then Senator Al Gore (it was thus referred to as the Gore Bill). It was passed on 09 December, 1991. This bill led to the development of the National Information Infrastructure (the so-called "information superhighway"), the National Research and Education Network, the High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (an off-shoot of the HPCA), Mosaic (the first web browser), and the creation of a high-speed fiber optic network that, when utilized, would help stimulate the economy. http://www.answers.com/topic/high-pe...on-act-of-1991 Would the Internet be what it is today without this initiative? __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 06-26-2007 at 03:06 PM..