Meanings
plural information superhighways
- datedcomputingThe 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.
1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 321 more example
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.
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 2Synonyms: cloud, cyberspace, digital highway, Infobahn, information highway, Internet, internet, Intertubes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish tiedon valtatie
- tiedon valtatieThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s
French autoroute de l'information
- autoroute de l'informationThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s
German Datenautobahn
- DatenautobahnThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s
Polish infostrada
- infostradaThe Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s
Cite this entry
information superhighway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20superhighway
“information superhighway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20superhighway. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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