(the) information superhighway

(the) information superhighway
Noun. The rather impassioned and premature title given to the World Wide Web. This expression has already lost popularity and rarely used within the Internet community. Late 1980s

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • the information superhighway — the Internet He claims he can find out anything he needs to know on the information superhighway. • • • Main Entry: ↑information superhighway …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) information superhighway — the information superhighway UK US noun the Internet and other computer networks that allow people to share information Thesaurus: general words for the internet and world wide websynonym internethyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • the information superhighway — UK / US noun the Internet and other computer networks that allow people to share information …   English dictionary

  • (the) information superhighway — Noun. The rather impassioned and premature title given to the World Wide Web. This expression has already lost popularity and rarely used within the Internet community. Late 1980s …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • Information superhighway — The information superhighway was a popular term used through the 1990s to refer to digital communication systems. It is associated with Al Gore. [http://www.netvalley.com/cgi bin/intval/net history.pl] DefinitionsThere are a number of definitions …   Wikipedia

  • information superhighway — ˌinformation ˈsuperhighway noun [singular] COMPUTING the Internet: • Ordinary people now have access to the information superhighway. * * * information superhighway UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also superhighway, also infobahn …   Financial and business terms

  • information superhighway — information su|per|high|way [ˌınfəmeıʃən ˌsu:pəˈhaıweı, sju: US fərmeıʃən ˌsu:pər ] n the information superhighway the Internet …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • information superhighway — ► NOUN ▪ an extensive electronic network such as the Internet, used for the rapid transfer of information in digital form …   English terms dictionary

  • information superhighway — n. 1. the INTERNET or other extensive computer network 2. a hypothetical electronic communications network encompassing computer networks, television, telephones, etc.: Often information highway …   English World dictionary

  • Information Superhighway — Der Begriff Datenautobahn (auch: Infobahn) ist eine vielfach verwendete Metapher für das Internet. Es ist eine Übersetzung des englischen Information Highway (auch Information Superhighway oder Information Super Highway). Der Begriff wurde im US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”