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digital divide

digital divide noun: the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.

Noun

digital divide (plural digital divides)

  1. (neologism) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.
    • As schools were closed, the digital divide meant that more affluent families with computers, iPads and good internet connections had a very different home educational (and informational, social and entertainment) situation than families without these amenities.2020 April 17, Rebecca Solnit, “Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    digital gap

digital divide meaning in Tamil and Kannada

digital divide in Tamil

எண்ணியல் பிளவு, எண்ணியல் பிரிவு

digital divide in Kannada

ಹೊಸ ಅರಿಮೆಯ ಬೇರ್ಪಡೆ, ಅರಿಮೆಯ ಬೇರ್ಪಡೆ, ಅರಿವಿನ ಬಿರುಕು, ಮಿನ್ನರಿವಿನ ಬಿರುಕು, ಅರಿವಿನ ಗೋಡೆ, ಅರಿವಿನ ಕಂದಕ

Synonyms of digital divide

Forms of digital divide

pluraldigital divides

Questions about digital divide

What does digital divide mean?
Digital divide means the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.
What is digital divide in Tamil?
Digital divide in Tamil is எண்ணியல் பிளவு, எண்ணியல் பிரிவு. See Digital divide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is digital divide?
Digital divide is a noun.
What is the plural of digital divide?
The plural of digital divide is digital divides.

Words near digital divide in the dictionary

  1. digital decay
  2. digital detox
  3. digital detoxes
  4. digital direct marketing
  5. digital distribution
  6. digital divide
  7. digital divides
  8. digital electronics
  9. Digital Era
  10. digital exhaust
  11. digital fatigue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: digital divide (page history and authors); digital divide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); digital divide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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