Application Areas
Application Areas
o Financial Systems
o Retail systems
o Reservation systems
o Education
o Industrial systems
o Scientific and research systems
o Transportation systems
o Entertainment systems
o Virtual reality
o Library system
o Domestic systems
o Health expert systems
o Office expert systems
o Marketing & Advertising
o Security
Introduction
Computers are used in several areas and industries. Many manual jobs nave been replaced by
computers. This has led to processes being faster and efficient.
Financial Systems
Financial systems include
1. Payroll systems
2. Accounting systems
3. ICT in Banks and Insurance companies
Payroll Systems
Uses
Human Resource Management.
Salary processing.
Accounting Systems
Uses
Customer orders entry.
Billing.
Inventory management.
Retail systems
ICT in supermarkets
Uses
Stock control.
Electronic Point of Sale (EPOSJ - barcode reader, Electronic Funds Transfer, acknowledging and
appending transactions.
Security such as CCTV cameras and sensors item tags.
Advertisements and promotions.
Reservation systems
Uses
Hotel booking.
Airline booking.
Education
Uses
Computer Aided Learning (CAL).
Computer Aided Teaching (CAT).
E-learning.
Computer Based Simulation.
Virtual Learning.
Record Management
Exams preparation and processing.
Industrial systems
Uses
Computer Aided Design (CAD).
Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM).
Simulation such as flight simulators.
Process control using robots.
Management control such as to keep track of orders, bills and transactions.
Competitive tools such as designing new products and services.
Transportation systems
Uses
Automobile traffic control systems,
Railway corporations to coordinate the movement of their goods and wagons.
Shipping control for communication and management of fleets efficiently.
Airline industry to control the mcn.'ement of aircrafts, take off and landing through the use of radar
equipment
Entertainment systems
Uses
Business presentations for advertisement purposes.
Internet, radio and television.
Music related equipment such as synthesisers
Production of movies and computer games.
Virtual reality
Uses
Entertainment.
Training military personnel.
Education.
Flight simulation.
Components Of Virtual Reality.
Gloves.
Sensors.
Body suit
Head mounted display headgear.
Virtual reality software.
Library system
Uses
Cataloguing system-Locate books and other resources in an easier way.
Inventory control system- Determine what books need to be ordered or which ones have been
lost
Sorrowing and lending system- For easier borrowing and returningof library materials.
E-Libraries- Virtual library on the internet that offers electronic books and other learning materials
online.
Research-Llsing research sites such as google.
Security -To control theft of books and other library properties.
Domestic systems
Uses
Watching movies, playing music and computer games.
Storing personal information.
Calculating and storing home budgets.
Shopping purposes. They provide people with lists of snapping items as well as their prices. They
also provide electronic money transfer facilities.
Internet, radio, televisions, music, games.
Production of movies and computer games.
Security
Law enforcement agencies
Uses
Biometrics such as fingerprints, iris, facials, DNA and general database of outlaws.
Lie detectors in criminology.
Forensic analysis.
To speed-up investigations.