This document discusses the various applications of information technology in different areas including business, banking, railways, commerce, trade, small and medium businesses, large organizations, administration, and entertainment. Computers are used for banking functions like ATMs, payments, and account management. Railways use computers to manage train schedules, bookings, and timetables. Businesses utilize IT for inventory, billing, accounting, and payroll. Computers have brought tremendous changes across all sectors by increasing efficiency and effectiveness.

1. BY ROBIUL AWAL, ASSAM
M . C O M ( A L I G )
Application of Information
Technology in Different Areas

2. Applications of computers in Business
There is nothing than computers which has made a
rapid progress in all spheres of applications. Due to
their enormous speed, accuracy, memory and other
invaluable characteristics , computers are used in all
spheres of applications.

3. Banking Industry
Today, the banking functions in urban and semi-
urban areas are fully computerised. Some banking
functions carried out by computers are:
 Automated Teller Machines(ATM)
 NEFT
 ECS
 EFT
 RTGS System

4. Railways Sector
Railway is the largest organisation which is
effectively using the computers.
 The record of all trains running daily or weekly is
kept in computers.
 The passengers can book ticket sitting at home.
 The passengers can also cancel their ticket through
internet system.
 He can get time tables of all trains .

5. Commerce and Trade
 Inventory management.
 Accounts Recievable.
 Billing System/
 Pay Roll
 Financial Accounting.
 Insurance sector: Insurance premium, maturity
tables.
 Industrial Applications.

6. Computers
Business
Banking
Industry
Railway
sector
Commerce
and Trade

7. Use of Computers in Small and Medium
Business
Utility to Retailer or wholesaler :
 Stock Position
 Position of different articles
 Bill generation
 Purchase Records
 Sales Records
 Worker’s Salary

8. Utility of computers to a Large Business
Organisation
Large organisations can not cope with the increasing
data in their departments. Various transactions
,records are being computerised due to powerful
processing capabilities, enormous speed of
computers.
Various large organisations like Railway, Banking ,
Insurance sectors etc. have been computerised.

9. Administration
 Hospitals , Beds allocation ,fee section
 Libraries
 Police records, crime records, crime detection ,
criminal identification
 Preparation of examination results

10. Entertainment
 Computer Games
 Computer Graphics
 Music
 Video Films
 Music composition

11. Conclusion
Today computer in business are as essential as the
telephone. The uses of computers in business are
many and varied. Computers have brought
tremendous changes in every spheres of life. So,
computer is a must for every sectors as change for
the effective and efficient working of organisation.