"A term used to describe the discrepancy between people who have access to and the resources to use new information and communication tools, such as the Internet, and people who do not have the resources and access to the technology. The term also describes the discrepancy between those who have the skills, knowledge and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not. The digital divide can exist between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations (webopedia.com) ." I guess from my opinion I am still stuck on the digital divide process also. In the area that I live it is very low income and at least 90 percent of the parents are using the government to pay their child care. This speaks volume for the need of computers in this town. I talk with many parents on where to go on the internet to find a job and almost all of them tell me that they don’t have a computer. Then I suggest they go to the library and now I learned that the library only have four computers. When I look around this town I see why most people have not progress to better living. Since you and I know that it takes a computer most of the time to find a job, because no one want to use paper application anymore. The web is the maximum advancement of knowledge in my lifetime the of destroyer applications for the computer. Believe it or not there are many that have never used a computer. Making personal computers and the web more widely available is not the solution to solving the problem of the digital divide but it’s a start. This is why I am starting a computer room in my child development center. Computers are now cheaper than they have ever been, but still money is needed. I put in for a set of donated computer from a military base where I live and was awarded six of them. To some people it nothing but me I am very grateful for what God has given me to provide to the children in my center. There are some internet service providers who are willing to provide their services free such as net zero. They allow ten free hours a month of access. It should be noted that people who choose to use these types of services must give up certain privacy rights. Because the control of information is such an important part in the advancement of an individual or a group, people with control over advanced information tend on that account to be influential and thriving. People without access only to information are lesser by the powerful; have a tendency to be on that account ineffective and unproductive. In an ever-changing technological world, some people are inevitably going to be left behind. Although the cost for home computers continues to lessen, a good percentage of people still cannot afford them. This gap between those who do and those who do not have access to computers or the Internet has come to be known as the "digital divide." Sorry to say, it is not only the lack of computers that creates this divide, but also the content of the Internet itself. In order to close the gap completely, access needs to be more well-known and content needs to be more appropriate for those who are computer illiterate.
“The term 'digital divide' describes the fact that the world can be divided into people who do and people who don't have access to - and the capability to use - modern information technology, such as the telephone, television, or the Internet. The digital divide exists between those in cities and those in rural areas. For example, a 1999 study showed that 86% of Internet delivery was to the 20 largest cities. The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated, between economic classes, and, globally, between the more and less industrially developed nations (techtarget.com).”
The growth of digital technology has brought about an increasing awareness to those who do not have access to internet, computer, or mobile telephones. People must know those computers are not the only source to digital divide. The difference between those that have access and those that do not have access is the digital divide whether it be internet, computer or mobile phones. More schools are assigning homework that must be access online or require a computer to complete. Having access to information and the newest technology has become a necessity rather than the comfort it was less than a decade ago. Those who live in communities with limited internet or computer access are being left behind. This is something I spoke in my TD about how the schools have given the 9-12th grades computer for homework instead of books.

References 1. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/digital_divide.html 2. http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/definition/digital-divide