Characteristics of computers

 

 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPUTERS

 Speed: Computers provide the processing speed required by all facets of society. The quick service we expect at the bank, at the grocery store, on the stock exchange, and on the Internet are dependent on the speed of computers. Can you imagine our world without computers? 

Reliability: Computers are extremely reliable as well. Most errors are caused by humans, not computers. 

Storage capacity: The Computer has an in-built memory where it can store a large amount of data that must be located and retrieved very quickly. You can also store data in secondary storage devices such as CDs, flash disks, which can be kept outside your computer and can be carried to other computers.

 Productivity: The capability to store and retrieve volumes of data is at the core of the Information Age

Versatility: It means the capacity to perform completely different type of work. You may use your computer to prepare payroll slips. Next moment you may use it for inventory management or to prepare electric bills. 

Power of Remembering: Computer has the power of storing any amount of information or data. Any information can be stored and recalled as long as you require it, for any numbers of years. It depends entirely upon you how much data you want to store in a computer and when to lose or retrieve these data. 

No IQ: Computer is a dumb machine and it cannot do any work without instruction from the user. It performs the instructions at tremendous speed and with accuracy. It is you to decide what you want to do and in what sequence. So a computer cannot take its own decision as you can. 

No Feeling: It does not have feelings or emotion, taste, knowledge and experience. Thus it does not get tired even after long hours of work. It does not distinguish between users.