The wait is over. Arc is now officially unblocked and rolling out to everyone.
Until then, the cat-and-mouse game continues. For every firewall rule added to block arc.net , a student finds a new way to bring a little bit of the future into their locked-down digital cage.
In software engineering, specifically regarding , "ARC" stands for App Runtime for Chrome . Developers occasionally use "unblocked" to describe resolving technical debt or dependencies that prevent progress on ARC-related features.