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digital immigrant

[ dij-i-tl im-i-gruhnt ]

noun

, Digital Technology.
  1. a person who has become familiar with computers, the internet, and other digital technology as a young adult or later in life. Compare digital native.


digital immigrant

noun

  1. informal.
    a person who has become used to using information technology as a young adult Compare digital native analogue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of digital immigrant1

First recorded in 2001; coined by Marc Prensky, born 1946, American educator and consultant, on analogy with an immigrant who must learn a new language

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