Correct Answer - Option 1 : Digital divide
A group of people has access to computers and the internet, while another group does not have access. The difference between the two groups is known as the Digital divide.
Digital Divide:
- The digital divide refers to the gap between those who benefit from the Digital Age and those who do not.
- People without access to the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) are put at a socio-economic disadvantage, as they are unable or less able to obtain digital information, shop online, participate democratically, or learn and offer skills.
- This resulted in programs to give computers and related services to people without access.
- Since the 1990s, potent global movements, including a series of intergovernmental summit meetings, were conducted to "close the digital divide".
- Since then, this movement formulated solutions in public policy, technology design, finance, and management that would allow all connected citizens to benefit equitably as a global digital economy spreads into the far corners of the world population.
Thus the aim of "closing the digital divide" now refers to efforts to provide meaningful access to Internet infrastructures, applications, and services.
