information superhighway

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information superhighway

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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.

noun information superhighways

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

    Similar: cloud, cyberspace, digital highway, Infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, Internet, internet, Intertubes, interweb, Net, net

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

Françaisautoroute de l'information
DeutschDatenautobahn

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"information superhighway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/information%20superhighway. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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information superhighway. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/information%20superhighway

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"information superhighway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/information%20superhighway.

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@misc{information_superhighway_2026,
  title = {information superhighway},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/information%20superhighway},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}