information superhighway

American  

[in-fer-mey-shuhn soo-per-hahy-wey] / ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən ˈsu pərˌhaɪ weɪ /

1. 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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information superhighway British  

noun

1. the concept of a worldwide network of computers capable of transferring all types of digital information at high speed

2. another name for the internet

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information superhighway Cultural  

1. 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.

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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.

Etymology

Origin of information superhighway

First recorded in 1975–80

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information superhighway

The social media age — sometimes dubbed Web 2.0 to distinguish it from the less openly interactive earlier era of the internet — seemed to supercharge this impromptu rezoning of the information superhighway.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

The dot-com boom in the 1990s has some similarities because it spurred a wave of companies to go public, helping finance a massive investment in infrastructure, the so-called information superhighway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The spinal cord is the information superhighway that connects the brain with the rest of the body through its connections with peripheral nerves.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

People called it the information superhighway and stuff.

From The Verge ● Oct. 28, 2021

Apparently, Mom has forgotten that school is like an information superhighway.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz