Computer in Daily Life
Nowadays, we cannot imagine our life without compiuter and the fact is that they have become so important that nothing can replace them. They seem to be everywhere today. Since 1948 when the first real pccomputer has been invented our life has changed. You wake up in the morning, switch on your Personal Computer and check the mail or update your Facebook status. You go to work, switch on your computer and work. You come back from work, and re-check your mails, make entries in your account folder, check your bank balance, etc. You encourage your child to watch NatGeo, or undertake grammar test using the latest computer software. You watch a movie or play one round of computer game and end your day. This machines are really everywhere and we depend on them also in such fields as criminology. And the trend of the usage of computer is changing rapidly, from governmental to civilian. Till now, the beginning of the 21st century, computers are becoming more powerful and functional and much closer to our daily life. Moreover, computers are wide-spread in education. Except their classic tasks such as administration and accountancy they are used in process of learning. Firstly, they store enormous amount of data which helps students to gain an information. Secondly, thanks to special teaching techniques and programs they improve ours skills of concentration and assimilation of knowledge. They have become so popular that not knowing how to use them means to be illiterate.
Of course except this superb features there is also dark side of computer technology because every invention brigs us not only benefits but also threats.
Computer Advantages And Disadvantages
COMPUTER ADVANTAGES:
- Computer saves storage place. Imagine how much paper would have to be used, how many trees would have to be cut just to store information which is today on hard disks. Data stored on just one CD in paper form would use room of dozens square meters and would weight thousands of kilos.
- Computer makes simple of life . Computer can calculate and process information faster and more accurate than human . You can simply rewrite the text using a keyboard. Typing is much faster than writing on a paper. We can write more effectively by means of a computer. There are tools like spelling and grammar checker, thesaurus and dictionary, installed in the computer. Thus, it takes less time to proofread a written document and also, there is no need to open up a dictionary book to look for meanings of words. If there is a need for reorganizing the sentences or paragraphs, one can cut and paste and make the necessary changes. Thus, overall a computer allows the user to create documents, edit, print, and store them so that they can be retrieved later. If you are not good at it you can use a scanner to scan necessary documents
- Computer makes life improving . They are very useful in office work, we can write text such as reports and analysis. Compared with old typewriters when using computers we don’t have to worry about making mistakes in typewriting because special programs helps as to avoid them and we can change them any time. When the text is finished we can print it in as many copies as we want. At least but not at last, we can communicate with whole world very fast and cheap using Internet.
- Computer makes more joyful life. Today’s entertainment is about the computer and Internet technology! . We can watch videos and listen to the music having only PC. We don’t need video player, TV and stacking hi-fi any more. The multimedia capabilities possessed by the computers make them one of the ideal audio-visual media. They can be made to play movies and music. They offer support to a variety of storage media like CDs, DVDs and many other External storage. Computer hard disks are also capable of storing and playing audio and video.
COMPUTER DISADVANTAGES:
- Computer is dangerous : to our health. The monitors used to be dangerous for our eyesight. Nowadays due to technological development they are very safe. But there are other threats to our health than damaging our sight. Working with computer and permanent looking on the monitor can cause epilepsy, especially with children. Very often parents want to have a rest and don’t draw enough attention to how long their children use pccomputer. This negative effects also concerns TV screen.
- Computer too complicated. The biggest problem is when our hard disk brakes down because of the data stored on it. Other computer hardware is easily replaceable. But there are many ways of avoiding consequences of losing our data, for example by saving it on CDs. Except hardware failures there are also software ones. For example, for many years Windows Operating System was very unstable and that’s why many other OS were written. Now the most common are Linux, Windows XP, Windows 7 and Mac OS. Except of unstable OS another and maybe the main threat to our data are computer viruses. There are billions of them and every day new ones come into being. If you have the Internet connection you have to be particularly careful and download anti-virus programs. Fortunately, there are also many of them and most of them are freeware. You have to remember to download updates.
- Computer containViolence and sex. The main threat to younger users of computers are internet pornography and bloody games. The presence of sexual content or level of violence should be properly marked and parents are obliged to draw their attention to this issue. There are many extremely bloody games such as “grand theft auto”, “quake” etc. For example, in GTA you are a member of mafia and to promote in crime hierarchy you should kidnap people, steal cars, robe banks etc. As a bonus you can also run over pedestrians. There are also many games in which you are a soldier and your mission is to kill as many enemies as possible. The other threat to our children is internet pornography. The availability of sexual content is enormous and you can do practically nothing to protect your child, especially when it’s interested in this matter.
- Computer addict. As the popularity of computer and Internet increased, a new type of addiction also began to emerge which is called computer addiction. The term computer addiction also includes Internet addiction and hence, there are many experts who call it the Internet Addiction Disorder. Computer addiction can be of different types which include addiction to games, chatting, emailing, social networking, Internet browsing, online shopping, online pornography, etc. Spending too much time in front of the computer can not only affect the person who does it, but also the people around him. For instance, a person who neglects work and other household duties to spend time in front of the computer may get dismissed from his job and this may also cause rift between him and his family. The problem of computer addiction is so severe that it is no longer restricted to adults, but is seen in young children and teenagers too. Children tend to ignore their studies and this can cause poor performance at school. As computer addiction can lead to a whole lot of problems, it is important to gather information about it to recognize as well as treat this disorder.
However, I think that the situation is very serious. At Present life computers are practically irreplaceable. They are everywhere, at our homes, schools, at work, in our cars. It is very possible that the next stage of human evolution is some kind of superb half human and half machines. On the other hand I don’t think it is the closest future. But the truth is that compiuter will rule our daily life sooner or later.
