Glossary - Sample Entry

 Term: digital native

 (More commonly: Digital natives)

 Part of speech: Adjective + noun compound 

Definition:

A digital native is an individual who was born after the widespread adoption of digital technology. The term digital native doesn't refer to a particular generation. Instead, it is a catch-all category for children who have grown up using technology like the Internet, computers and mobile devices. This exposure to technology in the early years is believed to give digital natives a greater familiarity with and understanding of technology than people who were born before it was widespread.

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/28094/digital-native  

In-text examples:

"The term ‘digital natives’ (Prensky 2001) is applied to people born after 1980–1990 when social digital technologies came online. They are young people who have access to networked digital technologies."  
 
Combi M. (2016) Cultures and Technology: An Analysis of Some of the Changes in Progress—Digital, Global and Local Culture. In: Borowiecki K., Forbes N., Fresa A. (eds) Cultural Heritage in a Changing World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29544-2_1
 
"If modern day students are called “digital natives,” what does that make the rest of us? Prensky (2001a) defines those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, later in our lives, adapted to and began to use this new technology, Digital Immigrants." 
 

Creighton, T. B. (2018). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Digital Learners: An International Empirical Integrative Review of the Literature. ICPEL Education Leadership Review, 19(1), 132–140. 

Spanish-language term:

Nativo digital, nativos digitales (pl.)