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access gap
The distance between those who can use the new tools and those who can't because of cost, language, or context.
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The access gap is the visible part of digital inequality: which devices reach which homes, which infrastructures cover which regions, which languages are well served. Closing it is necessary, but not sufficient — the capability gap that follows is bigger and harder.
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