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), book 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.
Some of the application areas of the computers are listed are-
I. Education:
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computers are extensively used, as a tool and as
an aid, for imparting education.
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Educators use computers to prepare notes and
presentations of their lectures.
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Computers are used to developed computers based training packages, to provide distance
education using the e-learning software, and to conduct online examinations.
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Researchers use computers to get easy access to
conference and journal details and to
get global access to the research
material.
II. Entertainment:
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computers have had a major impact on the
research materials.
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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.
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The users can also listen to music, download and
share music using computers, etc.
III. Sports:
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a computer can be used to watch a game, view the
scores, improve the game, play game (like chess ) and create games.
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They are also used for the purpose of training
players.
IV. Advertising:
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computer is a powerful advertisement media.
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Advertisement can be displayed on different
websites, electronic -mails cab be sent and reviews of a product by different customers
cab be posted.
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Computers are also used to create an
advertisement using the visual and the sound effects.
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For the advertisers, computer is a medium via which the
advertisement can be viewed globally.
V. Medicine:
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medical researchers and practitioners use
computers to access information about the advancers in medical information
about the advances in medical research or to take opinion of doctors globally.
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The medical history of patient is stored in the
computers.
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Computers are also an integral part of various
kinds of sophisticated medical equipment like ultrasound machine, CAT scan
machine, MRI scan machine etc.
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Computes are also provides assistance to the
medical surgeons during critical surgery operations like laparoscopic
operations etc.