information superhighway
English edit
Etymology edit
information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
information superhighway (plural information superhighways)
- (dated, computing) The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet
- 1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 32:
- Developed nations also are moving at high speed toward the information superhighway being spearheaded by telephone technology. Britain, France, Germany, and other European nations are experimenting with high-tech phonery.
- 2011, Bryce Clayton Newell, “Rethinking Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in Online Social Networks”, in Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, volume 17, number 4, page 2:
- Internet technologies and various software platforms make it much easier to communicate and find information about others' online communication. a For many – especially the younger generation – the “sacred precincts” of private life have extended onto the information superhighway.
Translations edit
The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s
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