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单词 infobahn
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Definition of infobahn in English:

infobahn

nounˈɪnfəʊbɑːnˈinfōˌbän
informal
  • A high speed computer network, especially the Internet.

    〈非正式〉信息高速公路(尤指因特网)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The company's founder left - and bet correctly that the ‘infobahn’ would be the Internet.
    • Of course we weren't shocked enough to buy the newspaper, we just rushed back to the shackles on our desks to read the infobahn version of the article.
    • At this time we were not even sure if the term ‘Internet’ was a good one and spent much of the effort on metaphors to do with the ‘Information Superhighway’, the infobahn, The Net, and the Matrix.
    • And instead of charging ahead on the infobahn that is the wired world, where businesses like to brag that they move at Internet speed, the company is cautiously plying along in the slow lane.

Origin

1990s: blend of information and autobahn.

Definition of infobahn in US English:

infobahn

nounˈinfōˌbän
informal
  • A high-speed computer network, especially the Internet.

    〈非正式〉信息高速公路(尤指因特网)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At this time we were not even sure if the term ‘Internet’ was a good one and spent much of the effort on metaphors to do with the ‘Information Superhighway’, the infobahn, The Net, and the Matrix.
    • And instead of charging ahead on the infobahn that is the wired world, where businesses like to brag that they move at Internet speed, the company is cautiously plying along in the slow lane.
    • The company's founder left - and bet correctly that the ‘infobahn’ would be the Internet.
    • Of course we weren't shocked enough to buy the newspaper, we just rushed back to the shackles on our desks to read the infobahn version of the article.

Origin

1990s: blend of information and autobahn.

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