digital-native
digital-native — noun
1. a person who has grown up with computers, smartphones, and the internet and ther
a person who has grown up with computers, smartphones, and the internet and therefore finds digital technology easy and natural to use
As a digital native, Chidi could navigate a tablet before he learned to tie his shoes.
collocation: as a digital native
The firm hired a digital native to teach its senior staff the new project software.
Sayaka, a true digital native, taught her grandfather how to video-call relatives in Osaka.
The Watanabe children, all digital natives, showed their grandmother how to order groceries online.
- tech-savvy person
describes someone skilled with technology, but does not specify that skill came from growing up with it
- netizen
focuses on active internet use and participation in online communities, not general digital fluency
- digital immigrant
someone who adopted digital technology as an adult rather than growing up with it
用法筆記
This term is often contrasted with 'digital immigrant' (someone who learned digital technology as an adult). The dividing line between the two groups is frequently placed around the early 1980s, when personal computers became common in homes.