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information superhighway

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information superhighway

Popular collective name for the Internet and other related large-scale computer networks. The term was first used in 1993 by US vice-president Al Gore in a speech outlining plans to build a high-speed national data communications network.



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For PC users who are more comfortable off-roading to the Information Superhighway, there's the HP Rugged Tablet PC tr3000.
In 1996, coverage of the Internet as an information superhighway fell to 2,370 stories in major newspapers--about half the previous year's level.
While the traditional pen-pal route of waiting months for letters sent in exotically stamped envelopes has pretty much been paved over by the information superhighway, its E-cousin is alive and kicking on Penpal Connection.
 
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