electronic superhighway

dated The Internet. I grew up in the '90s when the so-called electronic superhighway was drastically changing the world. The AOL dial-up noise was basically the soundtrack to that time in history. A: "Daddy, what's the 'electronic superhighway'?" B: "Wow, there's something I haven't heard in a long time! It was a nickname for the Internet, once upon a time." A: "Do you remember the early days of the electronic superhighway?" B: "Unfortunately, I do—especially the devastating slamming-door noise of my crush signing off instant messenger."