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digital divide

- The term 'digital divide' describes the fact that the world can be divided into people who do and people who don't have access to - and the capability to use - modern information technology, such as the telephone, television, or the Internet. The digital divide exists between those in cities and those in rural areas. For example, a 1999 study showed that 86% of Internet delivery was to the 20 largest cities. The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated, between economic classes, and, globally, between the more and less industrially developed nations.

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05 Nov 1999

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More resources from around the web:

-	The U.S. Commerce Department offers a study, Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide .
-	Jesse Berst, Editorial Director of ZDNet, writes about Why the Digital Divide is Your Problem, Too .
-	The Benton Foundation and America Online have announced an information clearinghouse .

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