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.

Words nearby information superhighway

information processing, information question, information retrieval, information science, information security, information superhighway, information system, information technology, information theory, information warfare, informative

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How to use information superhighway in a sentence

For all your apps and devices that want to stream data, it’s the equivalent of adding a whole new lane to your home’s information superhighway.
CES goes full pandemic with smart masks, stickers to detect covid and the biggest WiFi update in years|Geoffrey Fowler, Heather Kelly, Dalvin Brown, Rachel Lerman|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The FBI has also been searching its records for any information that could assist the French investigation, a spokesperson added.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The United States government might not release that information for years, if ever.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This information was balm to Louis, as it seemed to promise a peaceful termination to so threatening an affair.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Probably his Private Secretary, considering you a new man, will have failed to furnish the necessary information.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Such a refusal would lead to quick enquiry—enquiry to information—information to want of confidence and speedy ruin.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
At the sound of Blanche's name he jumped up and took his usual tone; he knew all about his wife, and needed no information.
Confidence|Henry James
Taken for guerrillas, every Southern sympathizer was eager to give them all the information possible.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

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.

information superhighway

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