digital native

American  

[dij-i-tl ney-tiv] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈneɪ tɪv /

noun

Digital Technology.

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

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digital native British  

noun

1. informal a person who has been familiar with information technology since childhood Compare digital immigrant analogue

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Etymology

Origin of digital native

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

Example Sentences

But infrastructure, even the digital type, costs money in the form of employee labor, server space, and physical offices.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2019

Electronic calculators are invariably given acronymic names such as BINAC, SEAC, and MANIAC, and nine out of ten of them are of the digital type.

From The Romantic Analogue by Skupeldyckle, W.W.