Introduction
In todayâs society, using a computer is nothing unique. From communication to shopping, from learning to playing games, almost everything is digitized so that most processes will involve the usage of a computer. It is therefore easy to take for granted the advantages of using a computer especially considering that todayâs generation already found computers in use and might therefore have a hard time appreciating just how hard things were before. In doing this assignment, I am hoping not only to become aware of these advantages, but also to appreciate them and in the process make others aware of them as well.
Advantages in Discovering Computers Book
Some of these advantages, as discussed in the âDiscovering Computers Bookâ are as follows: Computers accelerate the speed by which certain tasks can be done, for example entering and retrieving information which would otherwise take much longer were it to be done manually through the filing system. Computers are more reliable than human beings since they will rarely make mistakes as long as the input was correct. This is because they donât get tired and can perform the same task over and over, resulting in reliable consistency. The storage capacity of computers is huge. Things like maps can be stored in much smaller spaces than they would if they were to be stored manually. Computers have taken communication to a whole new level in that people from all over the world can communicate via the internet. Information on just about anything can be obtained at the click of a button and this makes it easier to learn about different places all over the world.
Advantages in Source Article
Some other advantages include making work easier in offices, creating fun for children and accessing the internet. Computers make work easier in offices by providing safe storage to information and the easy retrieval of the same. In computers so much information can be stored in so little space. If this same information were to be stored manually it would fill up so many rooms. Children find fun in computers by playing games and also having a lively place from which they can learn since computers provide an interactive mode of learning. The internet is one of the greatest benefits of computers since it is an easy and fast source of much information, and it connects the whole world. Today people do not have to travel in order to experience different cities since they can âvisitâ those places through virtual reality. This way they are more informed before committing to touring certain places.
Conclusion
It may not be possible to list down every advantage of using computers as these are numerous and they apply to people differently. Whilst this may be true, I have learnt a lot from this research. I feel that it is so easy to take for granted the benefits of having computers. Before computers, processes like filing and retrieving information would take so much more time and space. Computers have solved these problems by making work much easier, faster and more fun. I have learned what I hoped to learn in that I have become more aware of the advantages of using computers and why I should not take them for granted. I have never heard about this as a topic because it is so easy to overlook the importance of learning these advantages. Both sources, i.e. Discovering Computers and the source article give more or less similar advantages of using computers.
Works Cited
Discovering Computers Book. 2009. Web.