Information superhighway

<communications> (Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the emerging high-speed global communications network capable of carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the world.

These services use satellite, copper cable, optical fibre, cellular telecommunications, and are accessible via set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.

See also National Information Infrastructure.

< Previous Terms	Terms Containing information superhighway	Next Terms >
information island Information Management Information Management System Information Processing Language Information Resource Management	Infobahn information highway infrastructure IWay National Information Infrastructure	Information Systems Factory Information Technology Information Technology Infrastructure Library Informix InfoSeek