what is the use of computer in society ?
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to give answers to yahoo questions !!!!!!!!!!!!
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computer system is the synthesis of hardware and software. A typical computer system employs a computer that uses programmable devices to store, retrieve, and process data. [1] The personal computer or PC exemplifies one example of a computer system. An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is another example of a computer system. The Internet does NOT exemplify a computer system per se, but rather a network of computers. [2]\n\nEven the simplest computer classifies as a computer system, because at least two components (hardware and software) have to work together. But the real meaning of "computer system" comes with interconnection. Many computer systems can interconnect, that is, join to become a bigger system. Interconnecting computer systems can prove difficult due to incompatibilities. Sometimes these difficulties occur between differing hardware and sometimes between differing software.\n\nDesigners of different computer systems do not necessarily aim to interconnect their creations with any other system. Technically knowledgable people can often configure disparate computers to communicate using a set of rules and constraints known as protocols. Protocols attempt to precisely define the communication within and between computing endpoints. If two computer systems define the same protocols, they may be capable of interconnecting and become a part of a larger system.
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A computer is a device or machine for making calculations or controlling operations that are expressible in numerical or logical terms. Computers are made from components that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computers with the ability to process information. If correctly configured (usually by programming) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of a system. ...
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A PC obsessed society
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computers ONLY increase productivity if people know how to use them properly, otherwise they actual decrease productivity for about 6 months til the user is up to speed
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Do you mean what is the role of the computer in the manufacturing sector?  The computer has been integrated into all aspects of manufactruing, from process control and inventory management, to computer aided design for the creation of product and processing equipment.  There is still a level of manual labor in manufacturing which does not require use of the computer.  Minimum wagers doing soldering, placing electronic components, and mechanical assemlbers do not usually have know much about computers.  If they use them, they use bar-code scanners and automated systems that are quite simple to use.\n\nIn a wider sense the computer is "data central" and should have replaced most of the paper record system in companies, while improving quality through the use of databases, etc.  Computers also have brought networking to the shop floor, and when used, all aspects of processing and process control can be remotely monitored.  \n\nComputer control has invaded much of the manufacturing process by adding numerical control to many processes and test equipment too.
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The computer is what each user CHOOSES it to be.  If you think or choose for it to be just porn, games and chat-rooms, that's exactly what it will be.  If it's a resource for information, a tool to express your imagination, or a means of communication to the outside world....well, that's your prerogative,too.
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Let's see:  Computers controll the traffic-light system on your way to work.  They controll and monitor satellites, which in turn have lead to the highest crop yields in history, making the abundant options to the question "Why should I have for breakfast?" possible.  Computers track the movement of shipping trucks and other inventory, making it possible to efficiently track and count every item in our stores, which makes supermarkets filled with a large assortment of food of uniform quality possible.  The phone switching network is completely automated in modern countries, so you can't make or recieve a call without a computer helping out.  Computers do lots of things.
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We wake up (usually by an alarm clock), we get ready for work, school etc (usually listening to the radio or watching TV), we go to work or school (usually by car, tube, train or bus) while listening to our ipods, chatting on our cellphones or watching our ipod TV's. At work we use computers and telephones. At lunch time, draw some money (from a cash point) and buy our lunch (at the till point), then we may do a spot of lunchtime shopping (on our credit cards), then we go back to work and send silly emails around the office or chat to cyber friends on msn or yahoo messenger. We travel back home and use our cells on the way to send texts, talk or listen to the radio. We prepare dinner (sometimes in a microwave) and watch TV or listen our stereo. We play computer games and watch movies, chat on the phone and on the Internet, and as it gets darker we use electricity to be able to see, we have a shower and get ready for bed.\n\nTechnology has made us complacent, lazy and shifted our focus on the important aspects of life. Because our every need is catered for in some way by technology, we get greedy and impatient for things that will further enhance our way of life. It has provided the most wonderful creations and things that we, at somepoint, would never have imagined, yet it has made us all vulnerable and open to the darker minds of our society and addicted to what we cant live without.\n\nTechnology has effected society by giving no boundery. It has created a people of instant touch-of-a-button satisfaction with more, more and more requested. If technology had not developed as fast as it had people would spend more time interacting in 'real-time' in person. Family and Community morals would be of more value as there wouldn't be such a variety of things to seclude and distance us.\n\nWhile technology can bring people closer and encourage people to spend time together, it seems that technology seperates generations. With each generation theres something new and cool that comes out that alienates the previous one. \nFor example \nRecord LPs - Cassette - CDs - MP3. \nVideo Tape - DVD. \nPen and paper - Typewriter - Computer - Laptop. \nWalkman - CDman - ipod. \n\nHowever, I love my phone, I love my computer and all the other things mentioned above! But its the fact that we rely so heavily on technology that makes us weak. Quite simply, with more technology comes more control of our society. And we are not the ones controlling it.
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Computer.  It is interactive.
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Social informatics is the study of the social, cultural, and organizational aspects of the use of information and communication technologies.  An old precursor to social informatics might be human factors engineering.  This field has been largely fathered by a man named Rob Kling at Indiana University.  A number of other informatics sub-specialties are also taking note of social informatics as an important factor in any implementation of information technology.  To learn more about the field, see the links below.
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Past - Really Big Calculators. Originally considered no more than a number cruncher, 'programs' were primarily business oriented. Accounting, Scientific, etc. At the time, only a handful of people on the planet ever considered they would be more than the 'science fiction' movies of the time portrayed them.\nPresent - Computer jargon is very much a part of our ordinary lives. Nearly every appliance in a modern house contains more computing power than that which ran the moonshot missions. A significant percentage of the world's populace could not conceive of a world without computers. More than business, computers are our entertainment, our transportation, communication, our virtual life.\nFuture - Further human integration. Smart Computers will run our everyday lives: feeding us, tools for work & play, our sole means of communication with those around us. Further progress for implants into humans will allow 'hands free' operation. No money, cards, phones, etc. will be required past the optics to access personal links to the worldwide net.\n\nIf we happen to survive that long.
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It depends on who you are. You can use computers to isolate your self, or you can use them to expand your life. You cant JUST use computers, get out and play Frisbee once in a while! (Not virtual frisbee either)
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isnt that what a computer do?
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computers can do complicated tasks, but as far as I now computers can not think in the way that human do, we are still superior.
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It all depends. About 99% of all people use the computer to send emails, use instant messenger, play solitaire, download music etc. \n\nHowever, there are some computer applications that are worth thousands of dollars, or millions, or more. So it all depends.
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People don't see the use of things.  It was never thought that people would want computers in their house, because the applications hadn't been invented.  And plus computers were as big as a house back then, no one realized they would get smaller.  My mom still doesn't think she needs wireless.  A friend doesn't think she needs a cell phone, even though it is getting really hard to find pay phones to stop at.  People can't see the use of things that haven't happened yet.  You never know what will catch on.