Text 2. Computers

Today economy increasingly works with computers. Computers also facilitate our everyday work and study.

Modern companies analyze sales of products as well as potential sales of products, programme their whole production by electronic data processing equipment.

Banks also work with computers. In some cases they consult computer centres specializing in financial data concerning corporations, sales, cash flow, prices, etc.

Stock exchanges have installed electronic data systems that answer all the broker’s questions.

Computers are widely used in agriculture. Say, analyzing of essential animal characteristics with the help of a computer is important for cattle breeding.

In industry cars, devices, tools and instruments are of the designed by computers. The computers have entered education. In management young specialists are trained in special courses. All statistical information is put and kept in computer’s memory.

In short, computers are everywhere in our modern life.

Computer hardware consists of a tower, a monitor, a keyboard, a printer and their connections.

Computer software has various programmes:

• word processing;

• database management;

• accounting;

• auditing;

• communications;

• process control, etc.

The advantages of computers are evident. They solve problems very rapidly. Now the computer is being more and more involved in making decisions at the senior management level.