单词 | information superhighway |
释义 | > as lemmasinformation superhighway information superhighway n. Computing and Telecommunications a route or network for the high-speed transfer of information; esp. (a) a proposed national fibre-optic network in the United States; (b) the internet; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1983 Newsweek 3 Jan. 40/1 Two information superhighways being built of fiber-optic cable will link Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. 1993 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. c9/1 One of the technologies Vice President Al Gore is pushing is the information superhighway, which will link everyone at home or office to everything else. 2000 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Connected section) 10/5 Schools using telephone modems or ISDN digital phone lines for connecting to the internet are discovering that traffic along the information superhighway often slows down to a crawl. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 19 Mar. 105/1 The spinal cord, the body's information superhighway. < as lemmas |
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