Infobahnn.
/ˈɪnfəʊbɑːn/, U.S. /ˈɪnfoʊˌbɑn/ Computing and Telecommunications.
A computer network for the high-speed transfer of information, spec. the internet. Cf. information superhighway n. at information n. Compounds 2.
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1994 Re: SuperInfo Highway in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Feb. ‘I propose that “those in the know” (i.e. Those of us already on a huge open network) refer to The Information Super Highway as: The Infotobahn’... Good idea, but ‘Infotobahn’ sounds awkward. ‘Infobahn’ is better.
1994 Newsday (Nexis) 3 Mar. 37 Cooling the public's anticipation of the two-way networks that will let people dial up movies on demand, shop at home and otherwise cavort on the so-called infobahn.
1997 E. Hand Glimmering i. ii. 15 Travelers on the Infobahn..had chortled, seeing this as another death spasm of The Written Word.
2004 Politics Oct. 7/2 Apparently not content with blowing up mountains and enriching uranium, the North Korean state has launched the country into the fast lane of the infobahn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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