digital skills

Tech literacy abilities

Digital skills are the abilities needed to use computers, smartphones, and the internet effectively.

Basic digital skills include typing, navigating websites, sending email, and using common software.

More advanced digital skills involve coding, data analysis, or digital design.

The term often appears in discussions of education and employment: Many jobs now require basic digital skills.

Opposites
technological vs. traditional methods

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Abilities involving physical dexterity

traditional skills · handwriting · penmanship · craft skills · typewriting

abstract/virtual vs. physical/tangible work

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Abilities involving physical dexterity

manual dexterity · carpentry · woodworking · handicrafts · mechanical skills

historical era of competency

digital skillstraditional skills

Time-honored practical abilities

heritage crafts · traditional crafts · classical education · blacksmithing · typesetting

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G