Technology

Technology is used everywhere, in school, work, hospital and company. People use technology to make their life easy and to finish their job fast, so they can save their time. One of these technologies is the computer. The computer is the most important technology which has appeared everywhere. I use a computer in my work and it helps me in my study. This essay will explain the history of computers and how computers are used.

          The word computer has many meanings in several countries such as in the American Heritage Dictionary it means “someone who computes”. “Today, the word computer refers to computing devices, whether or not they are electronic, programmable, or capable of ‘storing and retrieving’ data" (Onifade, A). The history of the computer started 2000 years ago (Meyers,  J). Desktop calculators provided an idea for Babbage to design an automatic mechanical device which would help them to develop a mathematical table (Meyers, J). Then they produced electronic digital computers for military use in World War 2. It was a very large computer as big as a room size. In the 1960′s, they started to develop and change the design of the computer to make it fast and easy to use with great capacity (Meyers, J). Every year they developed small and fast computers with high capacity like laptops which are easy to carry by hand.

          The computer has multi uses in many places. In my job I use a computer to organize data and insert information about employees and customers. Also, we use computers for selling and buying things. In addition, I use a computer in meetings to write agendas and to write notes about what happens in the meeting. Also, some business companies use websites to sell their items so they need computers to create websites. Sometime businessmen use computers for PowerPoint and Excel Microsoft (Kibbi, 1995). Moreover, in my study I use a computer to search for articles, journals and books for my project. It helps in communication between the students and teachers. Teachers use computers as a tool support them in their teaching (Kibbi,1995).

To sum up, this report shows the history of the computer. In addition, I discuss the most important uses of computers in work and in study. In the past computers were big and had a small capacity whereas today it is small and has high capacity. It helps student in their study and homework. I think computers change our life and make it much easier than before.

Professionals in business use computers to design an internal control system. Therefore their work will be complete and accurate. As we know accountants have a complex job which needs high levels of security and efficiency, so computers help them to save their time and to get good results. Moreover HR persons need to use computers to organize their work and to pass announcements for the employees. Communicating using computers for business people is much easier than before.

Using computers help people to be more confident about their information. For example my computer helps me access to the internet and find reliable information and resources. Using Microsoft office in doing my homework and projects corrects for me my spelling and other mistakes.

"Efficiency of computer-managed instruction in terms of student time; determination of total classroom instruction time by accreditation and administrative rules; relationship between course length, study time and student learning” (Grimes Niss, 1989). Computers improve our efficiency in work and study. Computers change our life in a positive way.

          Computers have many changes quickly over a short time. The size of computers has been reduced sharply; also the power of the computer has been changed. Computers in future will be more changeable than today. People will use robots instead of people in dangerous industries. “Robots are likely to do a great deal of work that is simply too dangerous for humans to accomplish” (The Future of Computers, 2011). Another type of future computer is the Quantum computer; it transforms experience for business and home users. Quantum computers are expected to be giant leap forward in computing technology. Furthermore, nanotechnology is one of the powerful future computing aspects (The Future of Computers, 2011).

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