Aid Of Computers

AID OF COMPUTERS:

With the outbreak of the computer age in almost all areas of our world, computers had become essential tools in the progress of a nation and aided men throughout the course of history and this very moment, they can be found from a house kitchen to the busy streets of the urban world.

Since it can process facts faster and more effective than ever, man has derived many functions from these machines and derived uses from those benefits. One benefit computers give is the help they give through the educational sector and an example of this is the school Holy Family Academy. These technological advances can be found from libraries, computer laboratories and even in the faculty. Many benefits can be found from these gadgets but like a double-edged sword, every benefit comes with a price.

Although many uses are derived from computers, some suffered and were even harmed by using such tools. In the industrial sector, many lose their jobs because they were substituted by computer-based machineries and some countries increased the rate of unemployment. Basically, many failed to trust their own skills to compensate in the world's challenges and would just rely on computers.

The purpose of this research is to know and understand the functions of computers further, particularly in the educational sector and people related with this field. The study will tackle its effects on the lives of educators and students, particularly in Holy Family Academy.

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Review of Related Literature and Related Studies

Definition of Computers as discussed by Murdock (1995)

Computers are simply defined by many people as machines used to process information or an electronic device used to calculate very large or very small numerical values. The fact that computers are electronic means that they need to be fast in operating plenty of data. "Processing" has different meanings through the course of history and evolved through the ages. When computers are first used, processing of data would mean calculating of numbers. But today, computers are not only for solving numbers, but also for many other functions: from traffic lights even to the investigation of the outer space.

Brief History of Computers by Peter Norton (1995)

Although first computers were generally characterized by the first calculators which were small, the first generation of computers were based primarily on vacuum-tube technology and were bulky in size and usually used in code-breaking and weapons management during the World War II. Second generation computers appeared during the mid-1960's and replaced the vacuum tubes of the previous generation with transistors.