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Application of Computers

COMP 100

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APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS

Computers have proliferated into various areas of our lives. For a user, computer is a tool that provides the
desired information, whenever needed. You may use computer to get information about the reservation of tickets
(railways, airplanes and cinema halls), books in a library, medical history of a person, a place in a map, or the
dictionary meaning of a word. The information may be presented to you in the form of text, images, video clips, etc.

Education. Computers are extensively used, as a tool and as an aid, for imparting education.
Educators use computers to prepare notes and presentations of their
lectures. Computers are used to develop computer-based training
packages, to provide distance education using the e-learning software,
and to conduct online examinations. Researchers use computers to get
easy access to conference and journal details and to get global access
to the research material.

Entertainment. Computers have had a major


impact on the entertainment industry. The user
can download and view movies, play games,
chat, book tickets for cinema halls, use
multimedia for making movies, incorporate visual
and sound effects using computers, etc. The
users can also listen to music, download and
share music, create music using computers, etc.
Sports. A computer can be used to watch a
game, view the scores, improve the game,
play games (like chess, etc.) and create
games. They are also used for the purposes of
training players.

Advertising. Computer is a powerful


advertising media. Advertisement can be
displayed on different websites, electronic-
mails can be sent and reviews of a product by
different customers can be posted. Computers
are also used to create an advertisement using
the visual and the sound effects. For the
advertisers, computer is a medium via which
the advertisements can be viewed globally.
Web advertising has become a significant
factor in the marketing plans of almost all companies. In fact, the business model of Google is
mainly dependent on web advertising for generating revenues.

Medicine. Medical researchers and practitioners use computers to access information about the
advances in medical research or to take opinion of doctors globally. The medical history of
patients is stored in the computers. Computers are also an integral part of various kinds of
sophisticated medical equipments like ultrasound
machine, CAT scan machine, MRI scan machine, etc.
Computers also provide assistance to the medical
surgeons during critical surgery operations like
laparoscopic operations, etc.

Science and Engineering. Scientists and engineers


use computers for performing complex scientific
calculations, for designing and making drawings
(CAD/CAM applications) and also for simulating and
testing the designs. Computers are used for storing the
complex data, performing complex calculations and for
visualizing 3–dimensional objects. Complex scientific
applications like the launch of the rockets, space
exploration, etc., are not possible without the computers.

Government. The government uses


computers to manage its own operations
and also for e-governance. The websites of
the different government departments
provide information to the users. Computers
are used for the filing of income tax return,
paying taxes, online submission of water and
electricity bills, for the access of land record
details, etc. The police department uses
computers to search for criminals using
fingerprint matching, etc.

Home. Computers have now become an integral


part of home equipment. At home, people use
computers to play games, to maintain the home
accounts, for communicating with friends and
relatives via Internet, for paying bills, for
education and learning, etc. Microprocessors are
embedded in household utilities like, washing
machines, TVs, food processors, home theatres,
security devices, etc.

The list of applications of computers is so long that it is not possible to discuss all of them here. In addition to
the applications of the computers discussed above, computers have also proliferated into areas like banks,
investments, stock trading, accounting, ticket reservation, military operations, meteorological predictions, social
networking, business organizations, police department, video conferencing, telepresence, book publishing, web
newspapers, and information sharing.

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