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[syn: superhighway, information superhighway]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
information superhighway
n 1: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used
for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in
digital form [syn: superhighway, information
superhighway]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
information superhighway
information highway
superhighway
(Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name
coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the
emerging high-speed global communications network capable of
carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the
world. These services use satellite, copper cable, optical
fibre, mobile telecommunications, and are accessible via
set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)