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born-digital

American  
[bawrn-dij-i-tl] / ˌbɔrnˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl /

adjective

  1. relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form.

    electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.

  2. originating online.

    born-digital businesses.


Etymology

Origin of born-digital

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

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The Salman Rushdie Papers, meanwhile, allow researchers to access born-digital materials by loading an emulator of Rushdie’s Macintosh Performa.

From Slate Nov. 4, 2015

The Sept. 11 Digital Archive is not as a product of top-down curation but a process of open-ended participation, composed of born-digital ephemera.

From Slate Nov. 4, 2015

And he seems pleased that strong authors’ rights “no longer command universal respect among the born-digital generation”.

From Economist Dec. 11, 2014

Located in Silicon Valley, Stanford has received a lot of born-digital collections, which has pushed it to become a pioneer in the field.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2010

“I know of no other place in the world that is providing access through emulation to a born-digital archive,” said Erika Farr, the director of born-digital initiatives at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2010

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