information superhighway
[ in-fer-mey-shuhn soo-per-hahy-wey ]
/ ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈsu pərˌhaɪ weɪ /
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a large-scale communications network providing a variety of often interactive services, as text databases, email, and audio and video materials, accessed through computers, television sets, etc.
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Also called da·ta high·way.
Origin of information superhighway
First recorded in 1975–80
historical usage of information superhighway
See internet.
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British Dictionary definitions for information superhighway
information superhighway
noun
the concept of a worldwide network of computers capable of transferring all types of digital information at high speed
another name for the internet
Informal name: information highway
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Cultural definitions for information superhighway
information superhighway
A term that describes all of the infrastructure, including cable, satellites, and assorted hardware, that allows information to be transferred at great speed over large distances to all people.
notes for information superhighway
The term implies an analogy between the construction of an information infrastructure in the Internet age with the construction of the interstate highway system constructed in the last half of the twentieth century.
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