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The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using computers. It outlines several key advantages like speed, reliability, consistency, large storage capacity, and ability to communicate. However, it also notes several disadvantages such as potential privacy violations, impacts on the labor force and environment, and health risks from prolonged improper use. The conclusion emphasizes that society must continue learning about computers to harness their power for social benefit in this age of information.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Computer-86227-1

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using computers. It outlines several key advantages like speed, reliability, consistency, large storage capacity, and ability to communicate. However, it also notes several disadvantages such as potential privacy violations, impacts on the labor force and environment, and health risks from prolonged improper use. The conclusion emphasizes that society must continue learning about computers to harness their power for social benefit in this age of information.

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MODULE 1

Lesson 3

Advantages and Disadvantages of using


Computers

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this chapter, the students should


be able to:
assess why computers are considered powerful
thinking machine

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES


OF inUSING
Living COMPUTERS
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Society has reaped many benefits from using computers. Both business and
home users can make well-informed decisions because they have instant access
to information from anywhere in the world. A user is anyone who communicates
with a computer or utilizes the information it generates. Students, another type of
user, have more tools to assist them in the learning process.

Advantages of using computers


Benefits of computers are possible because computers have the advantages of
speed, reliability, consistency, storage, and communications.
Speed: Computer operations occur through electronic circuits. When data,
instructions, and information flow along these circuits, they travel at incredibly fast
speeds. Many computers process billions or trillions of operations in a single
second. Processing involves computing (adding, subtracting, multiplying,
dividing), sorting organizing, formatting, checking spelling and grammar, charting,
displaying pictures, recording audio clips, playing music, and showing a movie.
Reliability: The electronic components in modern computers are dependable and
reliable because they rarely break or fail.
Consistency: Given the same input and processes, a computer will produce the
same results - consistently. Computers generate error-free results, provided the
input is correct and the instructions work. A computing phrase - known as garbage
in, garbage out - points out that the accuracy of a computer's output depends on
the accuracy of the input. For example, if you do not use the flash on a digital
camera when indoors, the resulting pictures that are displayed on the computer
screen may be unusable because they are too dark.
Storage: A computer can transfer data quickly from storage to memory, process
it, and then store it again for future use. Many computers store enormous
amounts of data and make this data available for processing anytime it is needed.
Communications: Most computers today can communicate with other
computers, often wirelessly. Computers with this capability can share any of the
four information processing cycle operations-- input, process, output, and
storage - with another computer or a user

Disadvantages of using computers

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Some disadvantages of computers relate to the violation of privacy, the impact on
the labor force, health risks, and the impact on the environment.

Violation of Privacy Health Risks


Nearly every life event is stored in Prolonged or improper computer
a computer somewhere...in use can lead to injuries or disorders
medical records, credit reports, tax of the hands, wrists, elbows, eyes,
records, etc. It is crucial that neck, and back. Computer users
personal and confidential records can protect themselves from these
be protected properly. In many health risks through proper
instances, where these records workplace design, good posture
were not properly protected, while at the computer, and
individuals have found their privacy appropriately spaced work breaks.
violated and identities stolen.
Impact on Labor Force
Although computers have
improved productivity in many
ways and created an entire
industry with hundreds of
thousands of new jobs, the skills of
millions of employees have been Impact on Environment
replaced by computers. Thus, it is
crucial that workers keep their Computer manufacturing processes
education up-to-date. and computer waste are depleting
natural resources and polluting the
environment. The amount of
resources required to manufacture
a personal computer equals that of
a mid-sized car. When computers
are discarded in landfills, they
release toxic materials and
potentially dangerous levels of lead,
mercury, and flame retardants.
Strategies that can help protect the
environment include recycling,
regulating manufacturing
processes, extending the life of
computers, and immediately
donating replaced computers.

The computer learning process is ongoing. The dynamics of a rapidly


advancing computer technology demands a constant updating of skills and

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expertise. By their very nature, computers bring about change. With the total
amount of computing capacity in the world doubling every two years, we can
expect even more dramatic change in the future.
We as a society are in effect, trading a certain level of computer dependence
for an improvement in the quality of life. This improvement in the way we live is
not a foregone conclusion. It is our challenge to harness the power of the
computer and direct it toward the benefit of society. To be an active participant in
this age of information, we as a society and as individuals must continue to learn
about and understand computers.

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