The NII is a U.S. government policy first established by the Clinton Administration.
The integration of hardware, software, and skills that will make it easy and affordable to connect people with each other, with computers, and with a vast array of services and information resources.
government organization concerned with telecommunications and information technology; mandated to protect intellectual property rights
Refers to a futuristic network of high-speed data communications links that eventually will connect virtually every facet of our society. See also information superhighway.
The nation-wide interconnection of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that make vast amounts of information available to users. The NII encompasses a wide range of equipment, including cameras, scanners, keyboards, facsimile machines, computers, switches, compact disks, video and audio tape, cable, wire, satellites, fiber-optic transmission lines, networks of all types, monitors, printers and much more. The friendly and adversary personnel who make decisions and handle the transmitted information constitute a critical component of the NII. (Pending approval in JP 1-02).
A broad proposal for the federal government to establish standards and governing bodies for the transmission of digital data. Most provisions of the NII are still being debated.
A proposed, advanced, seamless web of public and private communications networks, interactive services, interoperable hardware and software, computers, databases, and consumer electronics to put vast amounts of information at users= fingertips.
1. The nation-wide interconnection of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that make vast amounts of information available to users. It includes both public and private networks, the Internet, the public switched network, and cable, wireless, and satellite communications (JCS 1997- DOD JP 1997a; IITF 1995).
The NII refers to a nationwide network of integrated telecommunications that connects people, businesses, schools, institutions and governments with one another. See Information Superhighway.
The formal name for the "Information Superhighway," a joint public-private initiative to revamp America's electronic communications system to support advanced business, educational, and consumer services. See Chapter 9.
The official U.S. government name for the Internet and other computer networks. Commonly known as the Information Superhighway.
