Meanings
plural digital footprints
- communicationsDigital evidence of a person's activities and interactions with others on the Internet, TV, mobile devices, etc.
On the other hand, a positive digital footprint can enhance a person's reputation.
2012, Nicholas Croce, Enhancing Your Academic Digital Footprint, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 62 more examples
A person's digital footprint is essentially a digital first impression. As I mention in Chapter 1, a child's digital footprint includes all information related to that child posted online.
2013, Amy Lupold Bair, Raising Digital Families For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBNWhat you most likely found through researching your digital footprint before you branded yourself is that you are a very creative individual who used a vast number of new media tools and technologies […]
2015, James Cohen, Thomas Kenny, Producing New and Digital Media […] , CRC Press, →ISBN, page 239Synonyms: digital exhaust, digital shadow
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDigital evidence of a person's activities and interactions with others on the Internet, TV, mobile devices, etc.
Translations
Bulgarian дигитална следа
- дигитална следа (digitalna sleda)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Catalan petjada digital
- petjada digitaldigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Chinese Mandarin 數字足跡 /数字足迹, 數碼足跡 /数码足迹
- 數字足跡 /数字足迹 (shùzì zújì)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
- 數碼足跡 /数码足迹 (shùmǎ zújì)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
- 數位足跡 /数位足迹digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Danish elektronisk fodspor
- elektronisk fodspordigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Finnish digitaalinen jalanjälki
- digitaalinen jalanjälkidigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
French trace numérique
- trace numériquedigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
German digitaler Fußabdruck
- digitaler Fußabdruckdigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Hungarian digitális lábnyom
- digitális lábnyomdigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Irish lorg digiteach
- lorg digiteachdigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Portuguese rastro digital, pegada digital
- rastro digitaldigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
- pegada digitaldigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Russian цифрово́й след, цифрово́й отпеча́ток
- цифрово́й след (cifrovój sled)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
- цифрово́й отпеча́ток (cifrovój otpečátok)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Spanish rastro digital
- rastro digitaldigital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Ukrainian цифровий відбиток
- цифровий відбиток (cyfrovyj vidbytok)digital evidence of a person's activities on the Internet
Cite this entry
digital footprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20footprint
“digital footprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20footprint. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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