Application Areas / Uses of Computers

Business
A computer has high speed of calculation, diligence, accuracy, reliability, or versatility which has
made it an integrated part in all business organizations.
Computer is used in business organizations for:
 Payroll calculations
 Budgeting
 Sales analysis
 Financial forecasting
 Managing employee database
 Maintenance of stocks, etc.

Banking
Today, banking is almost totally dependent on computers.
Banks provide the following facilities:
 Online accounting facility, which includes checking current balance, making deposits and
overdrafts, checking interest charges, shares, and trustee records.
 ATM machines which are completely automated are making it even easier for customers
to deal with banks.
 Mobile Banking and Internet Banking Facilities

Insurance
Insurance companies are keeping all records up-to-date with the help of computers. Insurance
companies, finance houses, and stock broking firms are widely using computers for their concerns.
Insurance companies are maintaining a database of all clients with information showing:
 Procedure to continue with policies
 Starting date of the policies
 Next due installment of a policy
 Maturity date
 Interests due
 Survival benefits
 Bonus

Education
The computer helps in providing a lot of facilities in the education system.
 The computer provides a tool in the education system known as CBE (Computer Based
Education).
 CBE involves control, delivery, and evaluation of learning.
 Computer education is rapidly increasing the graph of number of computer students.
 There are a number of methods in which educational institutions can use a computer to
educate the students.
 It is used to prepare a database about performance of a student and analysis is carried out
on this basis.
Marketing

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In marketing, uses of the computer are following −
 Advertising − With computers, advertising professionals create art and graphics, write and
revise copy, and print and disseminate ads with the goal of selling more products.
 Home Shopping − Home shopping has been made possible through the use of
computerized catalogues that provide access to product information and permit direct entry
of orders to be filled by the customers.

Healthcare
Computers have become an important part in hospitals, labs, and dispensaries. They are being used
in hospitals to keep the record of patients and medicines. It is also used in scanning and diagnosing
different diseases. ECG, EEG, ultrasounds and CT scans, etc. are also done by computerized
machines.
Following are some major fields of health care in which computers are used.
 Diagnostic System: Computers are used to collect data and identify the cause of illness.
 Lab-diagnostic System: All tests can be done and the reports are prepared by computer.
 Patient Monitoring System: these are used to check the patient's signs for abnormality
such as in Cardiac Arrest, ECG, etc.
 Pharma Information System: Computer is used to check drug labels, expiry dates,
harmful side effects, etc.
 Surgery: Nowadays, computers are also used in performing surgery.

Engineering Design
Computers are widely used for engineering purpose.
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 largely used in defense. Modern tanks, missiles, weapons, etc. Military also
employs computerized control systems. Some military areas where a computer has been used are:
 Missile Control
 Military Communication
 Military Operation and Planning
 Smart Weapons

Communication
Communication is a way to convey a message, an idea, a picture, or speech that is received and
understood clearly and correctly by the person for whom it is meant. Some main areas in this
category are:
 E-mail
 Chatting

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  Usenet
 FTP
 Telnet
 Video-conferencing

Government
Computers play an important role in government services. Some major fields in this category are:
 Budgets
 Sales tax department
 Income tax department
 Computation of male/female ratio
 Computerization of voters lists
 Computerization of PAN card
 Weather forecasting

Accounting
Computers are highly used for accounting purposes to handle company financial accounts and
inventory management using some accounting software like Tally.
With the use of computer the task of maintaining accounts become very easy. Later you can also
retrieve the data on the basis of various pattern or requirement very easily.

Personal
Computer can also be used for personal purposes.
One can use computer system to keep all the day-to-day details that are essential to keep anywhere.
You can use it for personal things such as investments, incomes, expenditures, savings etc.

Games
Now-a-days, peoples are using computers most of the time to play games.
For online games to play, you must have the internet connectivity whereas for offline games, you
can start without any internet connectivity.

Book Publishing
Book publishing becomes an easy task with the use of computer.
Book publishers are now using DTP (Desktop publishing) software like MS-Word to publish their
books.

Entertainment
Most of the persons are using computer for entertainment purposes such as:
 watching movies
 watching videos
 listening songs
 photos
 Animations etc.
Computer can be used to create these things in an attractive manner so that user loves to enjoy the
things.