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title: "Define: Digital Native"
description: "What is a digital native? “A digital native is essentially anyone who was born and raised in a household where there was always a computer.”—Mitch Joel Anyone who has grown up with..."
url: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/define-digital-native/
date: 2008-11-06
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "Monique Sherrett"
categories: ["Harebrained Ideas"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Define: Digital Native

What is a digital native?

“A digital native is essentially anyone who was born and raised in a household where there was always a computer.”—(http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/digital-natives-are-here/)

Anyone who has grown up with digital technology, rather than adopting it later: digital cameras, MP3 players, mobile phones …