sentences:  The idea is heavily linked to the concept of a Digital Age or Digital Revolution, and carries the ramifications of a shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based around the manipulation of information.The period is generally said to have begun in the latter half of the 20th century, though the particular date varies.The term began its use around the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has been used up to the present with the availability of the Internet.