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information superhighway

a large-scale communications network providing a variety of often interactive services, as text databases, e-mail, and audio and video materials, accessed through computers, television sets, etc.

Also called data highway.

[Origin: 1975–80

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information superhighway
n. The global information and communications network that includes the Internet and other networks and switching systems such as telephone networks, cable television networks, and satellite communication networks.

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information superhighway
noun
an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form [syn: superhighway]

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ˌinformation ˌsuperˈhighway noun

a fast computer channel through which information, pictures etc are sent from one computer to another

Arabic:	قَناة المَعلومات السَّريعه في الكومبيوتر
Chinese (Simplified):	信息高速公路
Chinese (Traditional):	信息高速公路
Czech:	informační dálnice
Danish:	informationsmotorvejen
Estonian:	infokiirtee
French:	autoroute de ll'nformation
Greek:	δίκτυο υπολογιστών για ταχεία μεταφορά δεδομένων
Hungarian:	információs szupersztráda
Italian:	superstrada informatica*
Latvian:	informācijas superlielceļš

Lithuanian:	informacijos arterija
Norwegian:	elektronisk motorvei
Polish:	autostrada informacyjna
Portuguese (Brazil):	rodovia da informação
Russian:	информационный канал с высокой пропускной способност�
Slovak:	informačná superdiaľnica
Slovenian:	informacijska avtocesta
Spanish:	autopista de la información
Swedish:	digital motorväg
Turkish:	hızlı kanal

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
information superhighway

A term that describes all of the infrastrucure, including cable, satellites, and assorted hardware, that allows information to be transferred at great speed over large distances to all people.

Note: 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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information superhighway communications
(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, cellular telecommunications, and are accessible via set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)