information superhighway
The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990sThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
» Tom took the on-ramp to the information superhighway.
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1 senses(dated)The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
Datenautobahn
- an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
Examples
2 sentencesTom took the on-ramp to the information superhighway.
Is the information superhighway in cyberspace, or does it merely take you there?
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast tFrom information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Early uses competed with information highway and Infobahn.
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Forms
plural: information superhighways| Singular | information superhighway |
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Synonyms
15 synonyms- an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form:superhighway
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.