digital age
digital age noun: the current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
Noun (1)
digital age (uncountable)
- The current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
- But law enforcement agencies have to find a legal and ethical way to stay ahead of technology, rather than stand in the way of it. Trying to block advances in the digital age is futile.1998 July 6, “Privacy in the Digital Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- All this data will prove fascinating to sociologists, archaeologists and anthropologists studying the dawn of the digital age. For them, everyday life can be just as interesting as epoch-defining moments.2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist
- Synonyms:
- cyberage, Information Age
Noun (2) capitalized: Digital Age
Digital Age (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of digital age.
- The Matrix constructs a new discourse of race in the Digital Age, one that plugs us in to our own dreamworlds about cyberutopias and cyberfutures.2002, Lisa Nakamura, Cybertypes […] , Routledge, →ISBN
Synonyms of digital age
Forms of digital age
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Questions about digital age
- What does digital age mean?
- Digital age means the current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
- What part of speech is digital age?
- Digital age is a noun.
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