English Explanatory Dictionary

information superhighway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.

Word forms

information superhighway information superhighways

Etymology

From information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Early uses competed with information highway and Infobahn.

Synonyms

cloud cyberspace digital highway Infobahn information highway information superhighway Internet Intertubes interweb Net series of tubes t'internet interwebs interwebz

Related words

tubes World Wide Web
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