"information superhighway" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: information superhighways [plural]
Etymology: information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|information|superhighway}} information + superhighway Head templates: {{en-noun}} information superhighway (plural information superhighways)
  1. (dated, computing) The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s. Wikipedia link: information superhighway Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Internet Related terms: tubes Translations (The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s): tiedon valtatie (Finnish), autoroute de l’information (French), Datenautobahn [feminine] (German), infostrada [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-information_superhighway-en-noun-0NhOhrD8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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