| 释义 |
Infobahn, n. Computing and Telecomm.
Brit. |ˈɪnfəʊbɑːn|, U.S. |ˈɪnfoʊˌbɑn|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ info- comb. form + -bahn (in autobahn n.), apparently after German Infobahn (apparently 1993 or earlier).]
A computer network for the high-speed transfer of information, spec. the Internet. Cf. information superhighway n. at information n. Additions.
1994Re: SuperInfo Highway in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Feb. ‘I propose that "those in the know" (i.e. Those of us already on a huge open network) refer to The Information Super Highway as: The Infotobahn’... Good idea, but ‘Infotobahn’ sounds awkward. ‘Infobahn’ is better. 1994Newsday (Nexis) 3 Mar. 37 Cooling the public's anticipation of the two-way networks that will let people dial up movies on demand, shop at home and otherwise cavort on the so-called infobahn. 1997E. Hand Glimmering i. ii. 15 Travelers on the Infobahn..had chortled, seeing this as another death spasm of The Written Word. 2004Politics Oct. 7/2 Apparently not content with blowing up mountains and enriching uranium, the North Korean state has launched the country into the fast lane of the infobahn. |