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What are the Uses of computers?

by Bhumika

Uses of computers in different areas:

Business 

Computers have become an integral part of all corporate organizations due to their high computation speed, diligence, correctness, reliability, and versatility.

In short, in business, computers are uses for a variety of tasks :

  • Payroll calculations
  • Budgeting
  • Sales analysis
  • Financial forecasting
  • Managing employee database
  • Maintenance of stocks, etc.

Banking 

Banking is now nearly entirely reliant on computers.

The following services are provided by banks:

  • Firstly, Checking current balances, making deposits and overdrafts, checking interest costs, shares, and trustee records are all available online.
  • Secondly, Completely automated ATM machines are making dealing with banks much easier for customers.

Insurance 

With the use of computers, insurance companies keep all records up to date. In addition, Computers are commonly using in insurance businesses, finance institutions, and stock brokerage organizations.

Moreover, Insurance firms keep a database of all their customers with information on them.

  • Procedure to continue with policies
  • Starting date of the policies
  • Next due installment of a policy
  • Maturity date
  • Interests due
  • Survival benefits
  • Bonus

Education 

  • Firstly, The computer aids in the provision of several services in the educational system.
  • secondly, CBE is a tool that the computer provides in the educational system (Computer Based Education).
  • Control, delivery, and evaluation of learning are all part of CBE.
  • The number of computer students is fast increasing as a result of computer education.
  • In addition, A computer can used in a variety of ways to educate students in educational institutions.
  • It is use to create a database regarding a student’s performance and then do analysis on that data.

Marketing

The computer’s applications in marketing are as follows:

  • Advertising – experts use computers to generate art and images, write and modify copy, and print and distribute ads in order to sell more things.
  • Home shopping – it has been made possible by the use of computerized catalogs that provide access to product information and allow customers to directly enter orders to be filled.

Healthcare 

In hospitals, labs, and dispensaries, computers have become indispensable. Further, In hospitals, they’re using to keep track of patients and medications. It’s also using for scan and diagnose certain disorders. Computerized equipment also perform ECGs, EEGs, ultrasounds, and CT scans, among other procedures.

Some of the most important areas of health care where computers are uses, listed below

  • Diagnostic System − Computers are used to collect data and determine the cause of illness in a diagnostic system.
  • Lab-diagnostic System − All tests can be performed and reports are generated by a computer in a lab-diagnostic system.
  • Patient Monitoring System − Patient Monitoring Systems are often used to check for abnormalities in the patient’s signals, such as in Cardiac Arrest, ECG, and so on.
  • Pharma Information System −  A computer is keep to examine drug labels, expiration dates, and hazardous side effects, among other things.
  • Surgery − In today’s world, computers are also employe to do surgery.

Engineering Design

Computers are widely uses for Engineering purpose.

On the other hand, One of the major areas is CAD (Computer Aided Design) that provides creation and modification of images. Some of the fields are −

  • Structural Engineering − Requires stress and strain analysis for design of ships, buildings, budgets, airplanes, etc.
  • Industrial Engineering − Computers deal with design, implementation, and improvement of integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment.
  • Architectural Engineering − Computers help in planning towns, designing buildings, determining a range of buildings on a site using both 2D and 3D drawings.

Military 

Computers are widely employ in the defense industry. Tanks, missiles, and weapons of the 21st century, for example. Computerized control systems are also used the military. A computer has been utilized in the military in the following areas:

  • Missile Control
  • Military Communication
  • Military Operation and Planning
  • Smart Weapons

Communication 

A message, an idea, a picture, or a speech that is received and comprehended clearly and accurately by the person for whom it is intended is referred to as communication. The following are some of the most important areas in this category:

  • E-mail
  • Chatting
  • Usenet
  • FTP
  • Telnet
  • Video-conferencing

Government

In government services, computers play a critical role. The following are some of the most important fields in this category:

  • Budgets
  • Sales tax department
  • Income tax department
  • Computation of male/female ratio
  • Computerization of voters lists
  • Computerization of PAN card
  • Weather forecasting

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