The Great Digital Divide Is Marked by the Electronic Movement

question 88

True/False

The great digital divide is marked by the electronic movement of all types of information, not limited to numbers, words, graphs, and photos but including physiological information such as voice recognition and synthesization, biometrics (your retina scan and breath for example), and 3-D holograms.

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