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rld. Gates suggests that the term "highway" is not the most accurate word, since it implies actual movement, a sense of many people following the same route, and government-sponsored construction, all inaccurate concepts. He acknowledges, however, that the term has already been widely accepted; he suggests, "When you hear the phrase 'information highway,' rather than seeing a road, imagine a marketplace or an exchange" (p. 6).

Gates spends a substantial part of his book theorizing about the kinds of uses t

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