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data highway

n.
1. A network of computer networks, other devices, and switching systems used for the transfer of digitized information.
2. The integrated circuitry of a microchip.
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in′forma′tion su′perhighway


n.
a large-scale communications network providing a variety of often interactive services, such as text databases, electronic mail, and audio and video materials, accessed through computers, television sets, etc.
Also called data highway.
[1975–80]
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