Applications of Computer

Some of the fields where computers are being used are

Offices

Computers are widely being used in offices to perform day to day works like preparation of forms, letters contract documents memorandums, project reports, create budgets, communicate with co-workers, find information etc. Computers are vital in accounting department, for manipulating large set of numbers, which accounting departments do daily. Word processing and spreadsheet packages like work-sheet Ami-pro, Excel, are popular office packages that help in creating a paper less office.

Publication and Printing

Popularly known as desktop publishing, design, layout and composition of books, brochures leaflets, visiting cards, letter heads using popular packages like PageMaker, Ventura, CorelDraw, QuarkXPress etc. Output of the designs is taken on laser printer. Using a camera negative/ positive design is prepared which is used in offset/screen printing according to the colors specified.

Education

In educational departments, institutes, computer is used as teaching aid, which is referred as computer assisted instructions (CAI). The CAI programs can be prepared in a variety of modes like tutorial, problem solving modeling etc. For multimedia computers CD’s are also available for educational /training purposes on almost every subject with audio/video features known as CBT (Computer Based Training).

Computer Aided Designing

Computer Aided Design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) are one of the most powerful application applications Engineers, scientist and designers use CAD software to design a machine, car, building etc.   These designs can be viewed in 3D before the production of machines. Computers can also control manufacturing machines like drill, lathe machines. An integrated CAD/CAM system help to produce quality machines, where a software takes designing information from CASD database and convert them into other program which controls and activate the manufacturing machines.

Computers in Medical

Computer aided diagnostic machines are used to diagnose various types of disease. It also helps in surgery and treatment. Eye testing, scanning of internal parts of brain, by pass surgery, pathological tests are the examples where computers are used effectively.

Animation & Graphics

Specialized software like Corel Draw, Harvard graphics Photoshop, etc., can be used to draw pictures and designs. It helps an artist to improve his skill and reduces the time consumed when drawn manually.

Military

For the defense purposes in military computer plays an important role. A guided missile fitted with its own computer that decides about the target and path. Similarly system uses for processing data and image display.

Fighter planes are fitted with computerized system controls to decide about range height etc. of the target.