Around 1990, some people in the United States put forward the idea of building a "data superhighway" or an "information superhighway" with the aim of connecting supercomputers from all over the United States and further exerting the efficiency of computers.
199 1 year, Senator Gore began to use the term "information superhighway" before he became the vice president of the United States. This year, Gore proposed the "High Performance Computing Action" bill, and then he proposed the "High Performance Computing and Communication" plan. The purpose is to speed up the data transmission between supercomputers, promote the research of supercomputer hardware and software, and strengthen the international competitiveness of the American economy.
1992, Gore was elected as the vice presidential candidate by Clinton. In the economic policy agenda, Gore put forward the idea of building an "information superhighway". In this idea, he expanded the optical fiber that was originally only used to connect supercomputers to connect thousands of households and penetrated into all aspects of social life. In addition, in view of the current situation of education and medical care in the United States, the new concept requires that the information superhighway should at least connect all schools, hospitals and libraries to promote the improvement of citizens' quality. Gore's idea of establishing the information superhighway was accepted by Clinton and used as the slogan of running for president.
1993 1 10 In October, Clinton and Gore took office as the President and Vice President of the United States respectively, and put forward the above-mentioned "National Information Infrastructure" plan. The content of this plan is to invest 400 billion dollars to build a high-speed optical fiber communication network connecting almost all households and institutions in the United States by 20 15, covering education, health, commerce, finance, scientific research and entertainment, and adopting two-way communication, so that users of information are also active providers of information.
1In September, 1994, Gore formally put forward the initiative of establishing a global information infrastructure. He proposed to connect the information infrastructures of various countries to form a global information superhighway and realize global information sharing.
Although the information superhighway craze in the United States arose with the election, it is not the result of the innovation of a few politicians, but the inevitable product of the development of science and technology and social economy, the result of the development of information technology and its far-reaching impact on society, and the only way for the United States to enter the information age.
Western countries started in the late 1930s, and the expressway plan fully implemented in 1950s and 1960s greatly promoted the rapid economic growth. The above-mentioned grand plan of information industry construction in the United States in the 1990s will have far-reaching significance than the expressway network.