Information Superhighway
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A once-popular metaphor for the internet and digital communications infrastructure, especially during the 1990s when public understanding of the web was still forming. The phrase now reads as distinctly of its era and is often used ironically.
In plain English: An old-fashioned phrase for the internet and online communications.
Example: "The keynote sounded like a speech about the information superhighway from 1996."