An unimplemented proposal by Vice President Al Gore to wire the US for hundreds of cable television channels. Now synonymous with the Internet.
an information communications system developed to a high level of efficiency; the Internet as compared to the autobahn network in Germany or US Interstate Highway System. See What is the Information Superhighway provided online by the US Department of Education. definition of information contact defined definition of data contacts defined definition types of information resources defined types of data suppliers defined
A network that will potentially connect every government agency, business, and citizen providing a means of rapid access to information (in digital form) and electronic communication to all. The purpose of the information superhighway is to provide an infrastructure for, among other things, electronic commerce, in a variety of forms including electronic banking, electronic data interchange, inventory managing, taxpaying, video conferencing, medical diagnosing, and virtually any other business activity. The closest approximation to the Information Superhighway at this time is the Internet.
A term popularized by Vice President Al Gore. The information superhighway is envisioned as a global high-speed network of computers that serves thousands of users simultaneously, transmitting e-mail , multimedia files, voice, and video. The system links homes, offices, schools, libraries, and medical centers, so that textual and audiovisual information can be instantly accessed and transmitted from one computer screen to another.
Originally this was a buzzword used in a speech by Vice President Al Gore. It is a form of network communication that carries information including data, video, and voice, this information is available worldwide. The Internet is an example that provides many of these features.
Often confused with me Internet, it is in fact much more than that, referring to the infrastructure of fibre-optic cables widely predicted to revolutionise me whole way we live our lives.
This is a buzzword from a speech by Al Gore that refers to the Clinton/Gore administration's plan to deregulate communication services and thus widen the scope of the Internet by opening carriers, such as television cable, to data communication. The term is widely and loosely used to mean the Internet.
A term to describe a future, computer-accessible, high-speed, electronic communications network. The term is frequently used as a synonym for the Internet, though this use is not completely correct.
Term coined by Al Gore approximately 15 years ago.
an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
Refers to the plan to deregulate communication services allowing for the integration of all aspects of the Internet, CATV, telephone, business, entertainment, information providers, education, and so on.
A buzz word. Refers to the Clinton/Gore administration plan to deregulate communication services allowing for the integration of all aspects of the Internet, CATV, telephone, business, entertainment, information providers, education, etc.
At the moment this is the Internet, although this may change in the future.
It refers to the Internet and the World Wide Web.
A very vague concept which Senator Al Gore created in the early 1990s and which gained great popularity when he became vice president and the Clinton/Gore administration started pushing the concept. The Information Superhighway is a term sufficiently vague that it can mean anything to anyone. It can mean a gigantic Internet reaching everybody in North America, or the planet (if you're that expansive). It could just as easily mean a combination 500-channel interactive cable TV system with full video on demand to every household in North America. Somewhere in all this is the idea that easy access to large amounts of information will enrich our lives immeasurably. Who's going to get first access to it all, what the precise technical details will be, and who's going to pay for it are, naturally, minor details to be worked out. We can be assured that the details will be worked out, since the idea originated in Washington, DC., home of so many practical ideas.
This term is widely and loosely used to mean the Internet, and it's often shortened to I-way, the infobahn, and so on.
When all homes and schools have a fast enough connection (such as that being provided by cable companies in Oxfordshire at the moment) it will be possible to exchange information at unimaginable speeds - such that the current Internet will seem like an "information country lane". How much it will all cost, however, remains to be seen
A term coined by US vice president, AL Gore, to indicate an imaginary line that connects computers and allows information to be passed freely between users.
A popular term associated with the Internet, used to describe its role in the global mass transportation of information.
A term describing a network of integrated telecommunications systems connecting people around the world to information, businesses, government, and each other. See National Information Infrastructure.
Refers to international computer communication networks such as the Internet.
A public relations nickname for the National Information Infrastructure. See Chapter 9.
Term used by Al Gore and Bill Clinton to describe the Internet during their 1996 Presidential Election campaign leading to the premature use of the URL with the WWW without an effective plan in its management and use for the proper development of the Internet's commercial structure.
A very vague term that is often used to describe the Internet.
The creation of a secure broadband communications infrastructure widely accessible and used to carry data, voice, video and provide a vehicle for related services.
a term recently popularized in the press; refers to the vast collection of databases and other kinds of information accessible through the Internet and other digital networks connected to the Internet
The information superhighway is seen as a global high-speed network of computers, that serve thousands of users at the same time, transmitting e-mail, multimedia files, voice, and video. The system links homes, offices, schools, libraries, and medical centres, so that textual and audio-visual information can be instantly accessed and transmitted from one computer screen to another.
A 'superhighway' usually means a computer network which can transfer very large amounts of information very quickly. The information that is transferred can be written text, video, audio, still photographs or drawings.
See Global Information Infrastructure.
A common term for the growth of infrastructure involving the Internet and the spread of high-speed data network services throughout the United States.
Worldwide high-speed network of networks, including the Internet. More than 150 million users estimated. Provides access to thousands of databases and billions of files. Commercial use is increasing but security issues persist.
Another name for the Internet or global electronic communication network.
There is some debate about this term. Some claim it refers to the future, where everyone will have fast, easy access to the Internet and things such as video conferencing will be widely available. Others claim that the Internet as we already know it is the Information Superhighway.
a term coined by Vice President Al Gore on a Larry King Live show to refer to a proposed global network. The Internet today should not be referred to as the information superhighway because it does not live up to that definition. When fiber optic cable and remote interactive devices are in use by a large percentage of the population, only then can we refer to our high-speed, real-time interconnections collectively as the information superhighway
a broad term used for the many emerging and existing paths for accessing electronic information. They include computer networks, electronic mail, enhanced cable TV systems, electronic shopping and banking, etc.
Sometimes abbreviated I- Way. An imprecise but popular term applied to the Internet or to the world wide web. ... more
The information superhighway is a now obsolete term which was popularized in the early 1990s by the Clinton-Gore administration to describe ways of expanding the internet beyond its then-current state (see the 1992 book, Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog). It is often associated with the U.S. politician and former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, though the exact origins of the term are unknown (''for Gore's involvement with the Internet, see Al Gore and the Internet) http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml#Transition.
