Digital natives are people born after 1980 who have grown up with technology like the internet and smartphones, while digital immigrants are people born before 1980 who have had to adapt to new technologies later in life. Digital natives are very comfortable with multimedia, multitasking, and social networking, while digital immigrants may struggle more with new technologies and prefer more traditional forms of communication. The differences between digital natives and digital immigrants have important implications for how people of different generations use and understand new technologies.