generation lap
n. The tendency for young people to be increasingly more adept at technology than their parents or elders.
Etymology
Examples
2000
The notion of the "cyberkids" who can compute circles around their clueless elders has become a stereotype. It's even sparked new jargon: the "generation lap" recently defined by Wired magazine as "the overtaking of baby boomers by their more technologically savvy offspring."
—Rich Miller, “The Cyberkids Are Coming,” Newhouse News Service, May 24, 2000
1999
'It's not a generation gap; it's a generation lap. Gen Xers are lapping their elders in terms of their superior technological knowledge,' says Heather Neely, a Palo Alto management consultant who conducts workshops to help companies manage Gen Xers.
—Rebecca Kuzins, “Young boss, older worker, new problem,” The San Francisco Examiner, March 07, 1999
1996 (earliest)
We're shifting from generation gap to generation lap as kids flash by their parents on the track, lapping them in many areas of daily life. This generation of Net-savvy kids, quite frankly, doesn't trust its parents' ability to drive fast enough in the wired world.
—Don Tapscott, “The rise of the Net-Generation,” Advertising Age, October 14, 1996