Text 4. Application of computers
At present a great deal of the work force of most countries is engaged in creating, processing, storing, communicating and just working with information. Computers have become commonplace in homes, Offices, schools, institutes.
The use of computers in business, industry and communication services is widespread today.
The work of banks depends upon computer terminals for millions of daily operations. Computers find application in astronomy. Weather forecasting, library information services can benefit from computers too.
It is interesting to note that computers are widely used in medicine. They became valuable medical diagnostic tools. Computers are used for optical scanning and image processing, ranging from pattern recognition to image processing.
It should be noticed that learning on a computer can be fun. Students spend more time with computer-aided instruction performing the assigned task.
At last air traffic control is impossible without computer application. It fully depends upon computer-generated information.
Many other uses of computers that we cannot imagine at present will become commonplace in the transition from an industrial to post industrial, or information society.
- Topic 1. Computer literacy
- Topic 2. Development of electronics
- Microelectronics and microminiaturization
- Topic 3. What is a computer?
- It is considered that computers have many remarkable powers. However most computers, whether large or small, have three basic capabilities.
- Text 4. Application of computers
- Topic 6. Personal computers
- Topic 8. Programming languages
- The Internet.
- Travelling
- Britain's Universities
- Hardware and Software Of the pc.
- Internet related software – different kinf of browsers, programs that work through the net.
- Input and Output devices.
- Memory storage devices.
- Programming languages.
- Storage units
- Central processing unit
- Text 1. Input-output environment
- Text 4. Application of computers
- Моя будущая профессия:
- My family
- I want to become a student. I'd like to learn foreign languages. I think 1 take after my father. I'm tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.
- Our University.