Discuss the versatile uses of computers.

Discuss the versatile uses of computers

In today's era, the use of computer is so widespread that its use is not limited to certain fields. From daily life to data processing, business, management, publishing, education, research, medicine, communication, industry, entertainment, culture, computers are widely used in all areas of society. For example:

(i) Use of computers in daily life: Use of computers is becoming increasingly essential in people's daily life. Keeping account of bank transactions, checking customer's specimen signatures, making patient diagnosis and prescriptions in hospitals, writing letters, listening to music, viewing pictures, communicating with relatives abroad etc. are done with the help of computers.

(ii) Use of computers in industries: Computers are being used in industries for data collection, product quality control, temperature, pressure and temperature control and power load control.

(iii) Use of computers in the field of medicine: Computers are being used in the field of diagnosis, diagnosis of diseases, determination of drug dosage, keeping records of diseases, care of critical patients etc.

(iv) Use of computers in bancassurance: With the help of special type of computer terminals, customers are using computers to check their accounts in bancassurance quickly and accurately.

(v) Use of computer in engineering work and computer is being used for design, design, foundation etc. in engineering work.

(vi) Use of computer in business: Inventory control, air line ticket booking, employee salary calculation, budget and account control of income and expenditure, banking system, business communication, magazine publication, design etc. can be solved by computer.

(vii) Use of computer for data retention: Computers are used to retain large amount of information for a long time, for example, all the information of the national ID card of all the citizens of Bangladesh is kept.

(viii) Use of Computers in Agricultural Research: Computers are used in the development of new seeds, breeding, conservation etc.

(xi) Use of computers in data exchange: Computers are being used to retrieve data and transmit data from a distant computer through a computer network.

(xii) Use of computer in communication system: Control of speed, direction and position of ships in aircraft, ships and rivers are done by computers.

(xiii) Use of computers in research work and in carrying out detailed analysis and planning of social, political, economic and scientific research.

(xiv) Use of Computers in Education: In educational institutions, teaching, data storage, evaluation of examination answer sheets, preparation of results, course instruction, training and evaluation, solving mathematical problems, administrative work etc. are done with computers.

(xvi) Use of computers in entertainment: Computer games have become a form of leisure entertainment for children, teenagers and even Basques. Multimedia has opened new doors of entertainment with wonderful combination of text-sound-image.

(xvii) Use of Computers in Publishing Industry : Publishing industry has been greatly developed with the benefit of computers. A variety of word processing and DTP packages are now widely used in all developed and underdeveloped countries for typing, arranging, editing and finally publishing documents in the desired format in an advanced manner and at a low cost.

(xviii) Use of Computers in Military Fields: Computers are widely used in weapons control, radar operation, training of troops and proper distribution of weapons and time tactics.