"information superhighway" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 32:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "(dated, computing) The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s."
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          "sense": "The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s",
          "word": "tiedon valtatie"
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          "sense": "The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s",
          "word": "autoroute de l’information"
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          "sense": "The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s",
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