What does the Digital Divide describe?

• A. The rate at which digital technology becomes affordable
• B. The gap between populations with access to modern digital technology and those without
• C. The process of technology diffusion through organizations
• D. The complementarity between AI and human skills

Answer: (B)

The Digital Divide describes the gap between populations with access to modern digital technology and those without. This gap includes not just owning devices or having internet access, but the ability to use digital tools effectively—digital literacy—and the opportunity to participate in online education, commerce, work, and civic life. It arises from differences in income, location, infrastructure, education, and social factors, and it helps explain unequal opportunities across communities. Affordability can influence access, but the essence is the unequal distribution of both access and capability. The other ideas describe different phenomena: how quickly technology becomes affordable is about pricing trends, how technology diffuses within organizations concerns internal spread, and how AI and human skills complement each other addresses capabilities rather than access disparities.