digital immigrant

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

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈɪm ɪ grənt /

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noun Digital Technology.

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.

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Origin of digital immigrant

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

Words nearby digital immigrant

digital footprint, digital fount, digital frame, digital furrow, digital humanities, digital immigrant, digitalin, digitalis, digitalism, digitalization, digitalize

How to use digital immigrant in a sentence

The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
None of these writers set out to write an “immigrant novel,” or to make political statements.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Consider, too, that in this digital age, making something public is not only easier but has greater reach.
Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We assimilate anything white so quickly it is a wonder an immigrant remembers the native way of pronouncing his own name.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus|Walter W. Dalquest
The old characteristics must needs hang about the newly-arrived immigrant.
American Sketches|Charles Whibley
So between boss and immigrant grows up a relation like that between a feudal lord and his vassals.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross
In return for the boss's help and protection, the immigrant gives regularly his vote.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross

British Dictionary definitions for digital immigrant

digital immigrant

noun

informal a person who has become used to using information technology as a young adultCompare digital native, analogue (def. 3)

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