High Performance Computing & Communications (HPCC)
"High Performance Computing and
High Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993"
(H.R. 1757, Rep. Richard Boucher)
Revises NREN:
- Network hardware/software R & D for gigabit backbone
- Experimental testbed networks (bans services
available from commercial networks after 18 months)
- Supports Internet access for researchers, educators, students
Supports:
- Applications research
- Education
- Digital libraries
- Health care
- Government information
R. P. C. Rodgers, Lister Hill Center, NLM (May 1994)