<CommuniCations> (Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name Coined by US ViCe-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the emerging high-speed global CommuniCations network Capable of Carrying voiCe, data, video, and other serviCes around the world. These serviCes use satellite, Copper Cable, {optiCal fibre}, {Cellular teleCommuniCations}, and are aCCessible via set-top boxes or suitably equipped Computers. See also National Information InfrastruCture. (2001-03-31)