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WHERE IT ALL CAME FROM ! ... ¡P THE WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) HAS RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR COMPUTERS. ... HOW DO WE USE COMPUTERS? THE USES OF COMPUTERS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO EIGHT GENERAL CATEGORIES: ¡P INFORMATION SYSTEMS/DATA PROCESSING: THE COMPUTER IS USED TO PROCESS DATA AND PRODUCE BUSINESS INFORMATION. ... PERSONAL COMPUTING: THE SINGLE USER MICRO IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF BUSINESS AND DOMESTIC APPLICATIONS SUCH AS: WORD PROCESSING DESKTOP PUBLISHING SPREADSHEET DATABASE GRAPHICS DUAL-FUNCTION PERSONAL COMPUTERS CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TELEPHONE TO TRANSMIT DATA AND RECEIVE DATA FROM AN INFORMATION NETWORK. ... THERE ARE FOUR CATEGORIES OF AI RESEARCH: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS EXPERT SYSTEMS NATURAL LANGUAGES ROBOTICS ¡P ENTERTAINMENT: EVERY DAY, COMPUTERS ARE BEING DESIGNED AND CREATED JUST TO ENTERTAIN US. ... v WASHING MACHINE v VIDEO RECORDER v TRAFFIC LIGHTS v ATM MACHINES v BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION: INTELLIGENCE GATHERING DESIGN SALES PRESENTIONS, WRITE LETTERS AND REPORTS CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT v INDUSTRY SCHEDULE PRODUCTION DETERMINE OPTIMUM STOCK LEVELS v RETAILING BAR CODES ¡V AUTOMATED STOCK MANAGEMEMT v HOME GAME PLAYING¡K¡K INTERNET¡K¡K E-MAIL v SCHOOLS TRADITIONAL SUBJECT AREAS ¡V EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS RETRIEVING INFO FOR PROJECTS v HEALTH CARE PATIENT RECORDS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS AND TREATMENTS DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERS v SUPERCOMPUTERS $$$$$$$$$$$ THE MIGHTIEST ! ... DESIGNED FOR MULTIPLE USERS PROCESS VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA QUICKLY EX: BANKS, LARGE ORGANIZATIONS v MINICOMPUTERS $$$$$ LOSING OUT TO PCS AND MAINFRAMES EX: REATIL BUSINESSES, COLLEGES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES v PERSONAL COMPUTERS $$$$ ALSO CALLED MICROCOMPUTERS ¡V DESKTOPS TOP END ARE COMPARABLE TO MAINFRAMES! ... ESTATE AGENTS, PARCEL DELIVERY DRIVERS v THE NETWORK COMPUTER Network computers provide a browser-based user interface for processing small application programs called applets. Network computers are microcomputers without floppy or hard disk drives that are designed as low-cost networked computing devices WE DEFINE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) AS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (EITHER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE) FOR PROCESSING AND STORING INFORMATION, AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FOR TYRANSMITTING INFORMATION.