# What does ARC stand for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Roon Software Discussion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-does-arc-stand-for/204529 "2022-06-20T15:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![ToneDeaf](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/tonedeaf/32/43624_2.png) [@ToneDeaf](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/ToneDeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-does-arc-stand-for/204529/47 "2022-09-21T06:58:04Z")
Always Requires Connection … (that is, your core does with 2.0 🫤) Some are not amused at all … > [@Does Roon work without internet? \[answered: no\]](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/does-roon-work-without-internet-answered-no/153218): > > Spectrum conked out for a few hours this afternoon, so I sat down with a book and went to turn on Roon, to access all my local music files - but nope! It might have to do with the idiosyncrasies of my own network, but - do the Roon designers expect it to work in an environment without Internet access? Guess that just means looking for an alternative to Roon 2.0 on my Mac (1.8 legacy?) when in a remote cottage for 2 weeks. Not a massive issue for me, but a bit surprised by this decision and the arguments put forward in favour by Roon. Ah, well, we have ARC and I like that a lot. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-does-arc-stand-for/204529)._