information superhighway

information superhighway
    n 1: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used
         for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in
         digital form [syn: {superhighway}, {information
         superhighway}]
    

information superhighway
information highway
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)