Korean slang profile
코로나 디바이드
korona dibaideu
The widening gap in access to digital information and services caused by COVID-19.
The widening gap in access to digital information and services caused by COVID-19.
- Expanded form
- 코로나19 + 디지털 디바이드(digital divide)코로나19 + 디지털 디바이드(digital divide) (COVID-19 + digital divide)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 6, 2020
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
온라인 신청이 어려운 이들을 도와 코로나 디바이드를 줄이려 했다.
We tried to reduce the COVID digital divide by helping people who struggled with online applications.
02Documented history
- July 2020시빅뉴스 explained it as a digital divide through difficulties with QR-code entry verification.[1]
03Origin & word formation
시빅뉴스 explains it as a blend of COVID-19 and digital divide, meaning the digital information gap arising during an infectious disease crisis. This entry describes that article’s digital-divide usage. The first user and time could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘QR코드’ 찍어야 입장 가능한 시대··· 어르신들 ‘코로나 디바이드’ 우려 (시빅뉴스)Published Jul 6, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026