An Introduction about Computers for Beginners

1. COMPUTER – AN INTRO
By
Chandrasekar.M

2. An Introduction
 The word ‘Compute’ came from the Latin (‘puto reckon’)
means to calculate
 Computer is electronic equipment used for automating
manual tasks quickly.
 When Charles Babbage, the father of Modern Computer, has
developed this computing device, never thought that these
machines will rule over Our future.

3. Characteristic features of a
Computer
 Speed - high speed computing device
 Accuracy - correctness with no human errors
 Performance - automatically perform without human intervention
 Storage - capacity is high (i.e. like Data Warehouse)
 Versatility - use in various fields
 Diligence - accurate without delay

4. Computer Usage
 Office - preparing letters, documents & reports
 Hotels - advance room booking, preparing bills
& providing enquiry services
 Railways - reservation of seats in train, printing of
tickets & preparation of Reservation
charts
 Medical science - Diagnosing illness and treatment for
patients
 Architects - map designing & city planning
 Meteorological Dept - weather forecasting

5. Computers in Education
 Computer has emerged as a powerful tool that is
continuously transforming the shape of our working
methodologies and day-to-day services.
 Due to the rapid importance, most of the educational
institutions have introduced it as a subject in their course
curriculum.
 In Engineering, medicine, crafts, education field and even
in Nursing the computer enters with certain specialized
features to shape the future nurses.
 Students gain elaborate knowledge through computers
when it provides the modern physics, bio-medical or the
electro-mechanics, easily switch to their mind.

6. Application of Computer in Nursing
The Nursing Profession is always known for quality
patient care
and affectionate behaviour
 Admission Discharge and Transfer
 Documentation
 Automatic List Generation
 Nursing Education
 Nursing Administration

7. Computers in Modern World
 Windows is the most popular Operating System of modern
times. It has been designed and developed by Microsoft
Corporation of USA.
 It is a GUI based Operating System because it has graphical
items like icons, menus, buttons, dialog boxes, list box and
with variety of featured appearance.
 Multi-tasking, a technology used in this operating system for
performing various operations simultaneously.

8. Ms-Office & its Usage
 Advantages of using Ms-Office mainly on the typical
related activities with some advanced features which
cannot be performed using a typewriter.
 For example, including pictures, tables, charts, etc
with the text, checking spelling mistakes & making
corrections, reformatting document
 Main features like Drag & Drop, Office Clip board,
Mail Merge using Ms-word, maintaining a database
using Ms-Access, Object Linking & Object Embedding
features.

9. Computers in Classroom
 Classroom is the place, giving birth to new ideas.
 When the new ideas combine with modern technology
like E-learning, Mail, Chat, Blogs or E-books , E-Library,
Virtual Laboratory then the ideas make new
minds and invention.
 The computers help in developing the new creators in
the ‘NANO SCIENCE’ or the Nuclear physics.

10. Conclusion
 Finally, in the modern world Computer
play a vital role either for the creator
or the dependent.