Meanings
plural digital divides
- neologismcomputingThe 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 GuardianSynonyms: digital gap
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 數位落差 /数位落差, 數碼鴻溝 /数码鸿沟
- 數位落差 /数位落差 (sou³ wai⁶ lok⁶ caa¹)gap
- 數碼鴻溝 /数码鸿沟 (sou³ maa⁵ hung⁴ kau¹)gap
- 數碼隔膜 /数码隔膜 (sou³ maa⁵ gaak³ mok⁶)gap
- 數碼差距 /数码差距 (sou³ maa⁵ caa¹ keoi⁵)gap
Chinese Mandarin 數位落差 /数位落差, 數碼鴻溝 /数码鸿沟
- 數位落差 /数位落差 (shùwèi luòchā)gap
- 數碼鴻溝 /数码鸿沟 (shùmǎ hónggōu)gap
- 數碼隔膜 /数码隔膜 (shùmǎ gémó)gap
- 數碼差距 /数码差距 (shùmǎ chājù)gap
- 數字鴻溝 /数字鸿沟 (shùzì hónggōu)gap
Finnish digikuilu
- digikuilugap
French fossé numérique, fracture numérique
- fossé numériquegap
- fracture numériquegap
Polish wykluczenie cyfrowe
- wykluczenie cyfrowegap
Russian цифрово́й барье́р, цифрово́е нера́венство
- цифрово́й барье́р (cifrovój barʹjér)gap
- цифрово́е нера́венство (cifrovóje nerávenstvo)gap
- информацио́нное нера́венство (informaciónnoje nerávenstvo)gap
Swedish digital klyfta
- digital klyftagap
Cite this entry
digital divide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20divide
“digital divide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20divide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digital divide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20divide.
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