Uses Of Computer

Today, the computer is used in every field and has made different tasks very easy.

• Uses Of Computer at Home:

Computer can be used at home in the following ways:

 1.Home Budget:
Computer can be used to manage the home budget. You can easily calculate your expenses and income. You can list all expenses in one column and income in another column. Then you can apply any calculation on these columns to plan your home budget.

2.Entertainment: 
People can find entertainment on the Internet. They can watch movies, listen songs and download different stuff. They can also watch live matches on the Internet.

3.Information:

People can find any type of information from Internet. Educational and informative websites are available to download books, tutorials etc. to improve knowledge.

4.Chatting:

People can chat with the friends on the Internet. They can also talk with them. Different messages, files and information can be sent to them.

5. Computer Games:

An important use of computers at home is playing games. Different types of games are available. These games are a source of entertainment and recreation. Many games are available that are specially developed to improve your mental capability and thinking power. 

6.Working from Home:

People can manage the office work at home. The owner of a company can check the work of the employees from home. He can control his office while sitting at home.

• Uses Of Computer In Education:

Computer can be used in education in the following ways:

1. Computer- Based Training (CBT)

CBT are different programs that are supplied on CD-ROM. These programs include text, graphics, and sound, Audio and video lectures are recorded on the CDs,CBT is a low cost solution for educating people. You can train a large number of people easily.

Benefits Of CBT

Some benefits of CBT are as follows:

• The students can learn new skills at their own pace. They can easily acquire knowledge in any available time of their own choice.
• Training time can reduced.
• It is interactive, attractive and easy material.It encourages students to learn the topic.
• Planning and timing problems are reduced or eliminated.
• The skills can be taught at time and at any place. 
• It is very cost effective way to train a large number of students.

2.Computer- Aid Learning (CAL):  

Computer aided learning is the process of using information technology to help teaching and enhance the learning process. The use of computer can reduce the time that is spent on preparing teaching material. It can also reduce the administrative load of teaching and research. The use of multimedia projector and slides has improved the quality of teaching. It has also helped the learning process.

3.Online Education:

Many web sites provide online education. You can download educational material, books and tutorials without going outside. Some universities provide online lectures for the students. Students can ask questions and discuss problems by sending emails to websites.

4.Distance Learning:

Distance learning is a new learning methodology. Computer plays the key role in this kind of learning. Many institutes are providing distance learning programs. The student does not need to come to the institute. The  institute provides the reading material and the student attends virtual classroom. In virtual classroom, the teacher delivers lecture at his own workplace. The student can attend the lecture at home by connecting to a network. The student can also ask questions to the teacher.The answers are given to the students  by email.

5.Online Examination:

The trend of online examinations is becoming popular. Different examinations like GRE, GMAT AND SAT

are conducted online all over the world. The questions are marked by computer. It minimizes the chance of mistakes. It also enables to announce the result in time.

• Uses Of Computer in Business:

Computer can be used in business as follows:

1. Marketing:

A business organization can use computer for marketing their products. Marketing applications provide information about the products to customers. Computer is also used to manage the distribution system, advertising and selling activities. It can also be used in deciding pricing strategies.

2. Stock Exchange:
Stock exchange is the most important place of businessmen. Many stock exchanges use computers to conduct bids The stockbrokers perform all trading activities electronically. They connect with the computer where brokers match the buyers with sellers. It reduces cost as no paper or special building is required to conduct these  activities.

3.Banks:
The use of computers in banks has provided many benefits. It saves time and provides convenience to the customers. Many banks provide the facility of Automated Teller Machine. ATM is used to withdraw cash from the machine. Banks provide credit cards that can be used to purchase different items using the Internet. Banks use computers to maintain customer accounts the transactions are handled easily and quickly with the computerized systems.

4.Departmental Store:
The use of computers in departmental stores has made the business activities fast and accurate. The cashier can enter sales data in the computer using bar-code reader. The bar-code contains the price of the item. The computer uses this input to calculate the bill. The record of sale is stored in computer. This record can be used to analyze accounts and stock inventory.

5.Office Automation:
Office automation is the process of automating office tasks using computers. Many types of tasks are performed in an office. These tasks include the following:

• Decision-making
• Data manipulation
•  Document handling
• Communication and storage