Decades ago, when computers had just been introduced, people wondered where and how they would be used. I got an opportunity in those early days, to undergo a week's training course by an institute named DPS - a basic general course about hardware, software and computer languages. This helped me to address the simple questions: what is a computer? What are its functions? Name its parts, etc. I too found it confusing. After we got a personal computer, the operations became clear and the 'logic' became apparent!
Back in those days it was comforting to begin the class with these few words.. Just as the bicycle adds to the power of your legs so does the computer, it adds to the power of our brains. It can calculate thousands of numbers, store them in memory and with a click of the button, retrieve it all. I also remember employee unions going on strike due to the introduction of computers in LIC and banks, they were afraid they would lose their jobs to the computer!
The computer today has entered our lives in so many ways unimaginable.
And to keep these various electronic devices on our finger tips, all we need to do is charge them every day-the laptop, the tablet, the i pod, the cell phones, the kindle, the wireless , ....We now get wired the whole day hoping we haven't forgotten to wire on these devices!
No comments:
Post a Comment