The characteristics of computers that have made them so powerful and universally useful are speed, accuracy, diligence, versatility, and storage capacity. Let us discuss them briefly.
Speed: - As you know the computer can work very fast. It takes only a few seconds for calculations that we take hours to complete. You will be surprised to know that a computer can perform millions (1,000,000) of instructions and even more per second.
Therefore, we determine the speed of the computer in terms of a microsecond (10-6 part of a second) or nanosecond (10 to the power -9 part of a second). From this, you can imagine how fast your computer performs work.
Diligence: A computer is free from tiredness, lack of concentration, fatigue, etc. It can work for hours without creating any errors. If millions of calculations are to be performed, a computer will perform every calculation with the same accuracy. Due to this capability, it overpowers human beings in the routine type of work.
Versatility: It means the capacity to perform completely different types of work. You may use your computer to prepare payroll slips. Next moment you may use it for inventory management or to prepare electric bills.
Power of Remembering: The computer has the power of storing any amount of information or data. Any information can be stored and recalled as long as you require it, for any number of years. It depends entirely upon you how much data you want to store on a computer and when to lose or retrieve these data.
No IQ: a Computer is a dumb machine and it cannot do any work without instruction from the user. It performs the instructions at tremendous speed and with accuracy. It is you to decide what you want to do and in what sequence. So a computer cannot take its own decision as you can.
No Feeling: It does not have feelings or emotions, taste, knowledge, and experience. Thus it does not get tired even after long hours of work. It does not distinguish between users.
Large Storage Capacity: The Computer has an in-built memory where it can store a large amount of data. You can also store data in secondary storage devices such as floppies, which can be kept outside your computer and can be carried to other computers
Reliability: Computerized storage of data is much more reliable than manual storage. We can store the data in the computer's storage for a long period of time except until any kind of system failure occurs.
Source Of Entertainment: Today, the computer has become a great source of entertainment. We can play video games enjoy music and watch movies or various satellite channels through the computer. We can also communicate with each other through a computer by means of text messages, audio/video messages.
Cost-Effectiveness: The computer reduces the time of paperwork and human effort, thereby reducing costs. For example, we can create and edit students' reports easily using a computer.
Source Of Entertainment: Today, the computer has become a great source of entertainment. We can play video games enjoy music and watch movies or various satellite channels through the computer. We can also communicate with each other through a computer by means of text messages, audio/video messages.
Cost-Effectiveness: The computer reduces the time of paperwork and human effort, thereby reducing costs. For example, we can create and edit students' reports easily using a computer.
Artificial Intelligence: The fifth-generation computer which recognizes voice is based on artificial intelligence. AI is applied in gaming software, and robotics for many years, but an operating system based on AI is also in a process that can recognize not only voice but read the mood of users also. It gives suggestions and decisions on complex problems.
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