digital access
Internet-enabled permission granted
Digital access is the ability to connect to and use digital technologies, particularly the internet and online services.
The term often appears in discussions of inequality: communities without reliable digital access face disadvantages in education, employment, and civic participation.
The library provides free digital access to patrons.
Digital access may also refer to permission to use specific online content or platforms: Your subscription grants digital access to the full archive.
- desktopsStationary personal computers
- broadbandFast internet access
- rural broadbandHigh-speed web outside cities
- Wi-FiWireless network standard
- laptopsMobile personal computers
universal design · hotspots · screen readers · closed captioning · inclusion · public library · media literacy · tech literacy · screen time · net neutrality · modems · assistive technology · smartphones · fiber optics · tablets · mobile networks · data plan · satellite internet
- digital librariesebooks, virtual libraries, e-library, e-books, online catalogs
- newspaper businesscirculation, subscriptions, newsstands, ad revenue, ads
- library networksinterlibrary loan, consortium, consortia, academic networks, delivery networks
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- accessibilitywheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features, handcycling
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
digital accessdigital divide
Unequal access to computers/internet
disconnection · technology gap · internet blackout · digital poverty · unplugged