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View synonyms for information superhighway
information superhighway
[ in-fer-mey-shuhn soo-per-hahy-wey ]
- 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.
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.
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Notes
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of information superhighway1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
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.
From Washington Post
The creation of the multi-lane information superhighway has created a traffic problem.
From The Daily Beast
And I call on the Congress to pass legislation to establish that information superhighway this year.
From Project Gutenberg
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