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digital divide

The gap in opportunities experienced by those with limited accessibility to technology, especially the Internet. This includes, but is not limited to, accessibility challenges in the following areas:

• Cultural (e.g., membership of a community that prohibits or restricts access to technology)

  • Physical (e.g., having a disability that make it difficult or impossible to use a computer)
  • Economic (e.g., being unable to afford a computer)
  • Educational (e.g., not knowing how to use a computer)
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