Advantages of using/owning a computer

The following are some of the advantages of using the computer:

1.   VOLUME- The computer is particularly suited to handling large amounts of data.

2.     ACCURACY- The computer satisfies the need for a high degree of accuracy and its consistency can be relied upon.

3.   REPETIVENESS- Processing cycles that repeat themselves over and over again are ideally suited to computer. Once programmed the computer happily goes on and on, automatically performing as many cycles as required.

4.   COMPLEXITY- The computer can perform the most complex calculations. As long as the application can be programmed then the computer can provide the answer required.

5.   SPEED- Computers works at phenomenal speeds. This, combined with the ability to access records directly and from remote locations, enables them to respond very quickly to a given situation .

6.    COMMON DATA- One item of input data can affect several different procedures. For example, a customers order for a particular stock could involve production of an invoice updating of the customers record, updating the stock record, and initiating a reorder for the stock item. The many files involved can all be stored in one physical location and accessed together so that a decision is made in the light of all the information. Contrast a manual system where the item of data will go through many separate independent procedure.

7.   Its ability to store. It can store huge amount of data more than can be stored conveniently by manual method (filing).

8.   It produces neat printed jobs