Applications Of Computer

Business

• Payroll calculations
• Budgeting
• Sales analysis
• Financial forecasting
• Managing employee database
• Maintenance of stocks, etc.

Banking

• 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.

Insurance

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Missile Control
• Military Communication
• Military Operation and Planning
• Smart Weapons

Communication

• E-mail
• Chatting
• Usenet
• FTP
• Telnet
• Video-conferencing

Government

• Budgets
• Sales tax department
• Income tax department
• Computation of male/female ratio
• Computerization of voters lists
• Computerization of PAN card
• Weather forecasting