The document discusses 15 different areas where computers are used including accounting, banking, medicine, education, design, transportation, communication, engineering, recreation, publishing, space technology, insurance, cinemas, defense, and meteorology. It provides details on how computers are used for tasks like inventory management, financial records, online banking, medical diagnostics, virtual classrooms, engineering design, ticket reservations, email, graphics, data analysis, and weather forecasting in each of these fields. Computers have become integral tools that are revolutionizing how these important industries and activities function.

1. By
Dr.U.Priya
Dean of Arts and Assistant Professor of Commerce
Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur

2. 1. Accounting
 Computer are used to maintain accounts efficiently.
 Computers do inventory management, financial
management and cash management very easily. In
computerized accounting we can easily take the reports
like trail balance, P & L account and balance sheet.
Areas of computer
applications

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2. Banking
 Today, banking is depends on computers.
Banks provide the following facilities −
 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.

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3. Medical
 Computers have become an important part in hospitals, labs, and
dispensaries. They are being used in hospitals to keep the record of
patients and medicines. It is also used in scanning and diagnosing
different diseases. ECG, EEG, ultrasounds and CT scans, etc. are also
done by computerized machines.
 Following are some major fields of health care in which
computers are used.
 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.

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4. Education
 Computers can be used in education to teach students. It is used
to Create “Virtual Class rooms” and” Virtual University”.
Students can get most of the details using various websites
available in the internet.
5. Designing
 In textile business, it is used to draw new designs. By using
AutoCad software, engineers draw the blue print of their
proposed buildings.
6. Transport
 In railways & Bus services, it is used for reservation and
cancellation of tickets in an easy manner. By this method
people can book their tickets from anywhere in the country.
Airways and shipping corporation use computers in their day-
to – day activities.

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7. Communication
 Communication is a way to convey a message, an idea, a picture, or speech
that is received and understood clearly and correctly by the person for whom
it is meant. Some main areas in this category are −
 E-mail
 Chatting
 Usenet
 FTP
 Telnet
 Video-conferencing
8. Engineering
 Computers are widely used for Engineering purpose.
 One of the major areas is CAD (Computer Aided Design) that provides
creation and modification of images. Some of the fields are −
 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.

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9. Recreation and Entertainment:
Our entertainment and pleasure-time have also been affected by
computerization. For example:
• In movies, computer generated graphics give freedom to designers
so that special effects and even imaginary characters can play a part
in making movies, videos, and commercials.
• In sports, computers compile statistics, sell tickets, create training
programs and diets for athletes, and suggest game plan strategies
based on the competitor’s past performance.
• In restaurants, almost every one has eaten food where the clerk
enters an order by indicating choices on a rather unusual looking
cash register; the device directly enters the actual data into a
computer, and calculates the cost and then prints a receipt.
10. Publishing
 Publishers use computers to prepare and format the contents of
books.

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11. Space technology
Computers control space research stations. Computing
efficiently of computer is used in space technology
12. Insurance
Insurance companies are keeping all records up-to-date
with the help of computers. The insurance companies, finance
houses and stock broking firms are widely using computers for
their concerns.
13. Cinemas
Computers are used for adding graphical effects in films.
14. Defense
Computer is used to control missiles efficiently
15. Meteorology
In this field computers are used for fishing, shipping, weather
forecast, and storm rescue operations.

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