Information Superhighway

Also known as the infobahn.The Internet and its physical infrastructure,

including access and transport circuits, switching and routing systems, public and private networks, and online services, with emphasis on high-speed and broadband capabilities.The term was popularized in the United States during the Clinton-Gore administration (1993–2001), and is generally associated with Vice President Al Gore. The Clinton-Gore administration is no longer in power and the term is now considered obsolete.The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is a similar concept promoted by the United States government. See also access circuit, Internet, network, NII, router, service, switch, system, and transport circuit.

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• Table P-1: Evolution of PBX technology
• Table P-2: Military and Aviation Phonetic Alphabet
• Table Q-1: Selected ITU-T Q-Series Recommendations
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-2: Coaxial Cable Types
• Table S-1: SDTV Scanning Formats
• Table S-2: SONET/SDH Signal Hierarchy
• Table T-1: North American Digital Hierarchy: T-carrier
• Table T-2: TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• Table V-1: Electromagnetic Signal Propagation Velocity (Approximate)
• Table V-2: Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC)
• Table V-3: Selected ITU-T V-Series Recommendations
• Table W-1: ITU-T Transmission Windows
• Table X-1: DSL Technology Comparisons
• Table X-2: ITU-T X Series Recommendation Groups
• Table X-3: Select X Series Recommendations
• TACS (Total Access Communications System)
• Tagged Image File Format-Fax (TIFF-F)
• Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
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