digital native

[ dij-i-tl ney-tiv ]

nounDigital Technology.
  1. a person who has been familiar with computers, the internet, and other digital technology from a young age.: Compare digital immigrant.

Origin of digital native

1
First recorded in 2001; coined by Marc Prensky, born 1946, American educator and consultant, on analogy with a native speaker of a language

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British Dictionary definitions for digital native

digital native

noun
  1. informal a person who has been familiar with information technology since childhood: Compare digital immigrant, analogue (def. 3)

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