Keagan Collins

Of all technological advances in the past, the most important invention to benefit our world, so far, is the creation of the modern computer and its features. There has been no invention so far that has made communication as simple as the computer. E-mailing and other forms of computer-based communication have made contacting another person as simple as the click of a mouse. Easy information gathering has had a huge effect on the way research is done. Computers make information gathering quick and painless, offering us thousands of sources from which to conduct our research. Finally, computer technology has had quite a large effect on the entertainment industry as well. Computers have taken a step up from the basic entertainment technology to allow things such as videos and games, even music, to be accessible with ease. Although the computer was invented not long ago, it helped to make some central aspects of living faster and easier than ever before.

Faster communication is one of the major benefits of computers. With important additions to the computer, such as e-mailing, communicating with someone thousands of miles away takes much less time than before. Before computers, having a conversation with someone in another part of the country often required an expensive long distance phone call. With a computer one can simply send an e-mail to a friend and wait for a reply, taking as little as five minutes. Instant messaging is also an important feature to a computer that makes communication simple. If someone wanted to have a conversation with a friend, it once required him to spend valuable money and time talking to that person on a telephone. With instant messaging, one can hold a conversation with many different people at once while completing a separate task such as doing homework or eating dinner, which was much more difficult while talking on a telephone. While communication may have seemed easy in the days of the telephone, the modern day features of the computer have made it easier than ever imagined and also allow us to communicate information.

A second benefit of present day computers would be information sharing. Online encyclopedias as well as thousands of websites have added to the ease of researching. Finding sources for that ever so strenuous essay or project used to take hours upon hours of reading through books and spending time at the local library looking for anything that would be of benefit. With a computer, researching is as simple as typing in exactly what you wanted to find on a search engine or online encyclopedia. While not only adding to the speed at which information gathering is conducted, computers have also made it easier for use to document our findings. Without the constant aching hands and having to erase the hard work put into writing a paper, simple programs allow one to type an essay or create a brochure much faster than having to do this by hand. Documents can be saved and retrieved much easier as well using the computer’s memory. The invention of the modern computer has shortened the time spent gathering and presenting information by drastic amounts, but has also effected ways to entertain ourselves while working.

Finally, modern computer technology has had massive effects on the entertainment industry. In the past the options for digital entertainment were limited to television and simple, but enjoyable, video games. With a modern computer these options are still available, but are much easier to access and much more complex. Many websites exist that allow the sharing of videos as well as music. Rather than spending twenty minutes driving out to the local video store, one could simply log in to one of these websites and search for the video that he wanted to see. Video games have also benefited greatly from computers. Simple video games were enjoyable before, but with new computer technology a person could play with millions of others in an online game or access a less complex game to pass the time. Modern computer technology has widened the entertainment industry and has made it much easier to access and enjoy, having endless benefits.

The benefits of a modern day computer are endless. A computer has many purposes and can be used to complete countless tasks. Not only does it make so many things faster, it makes them much easier also. While working without a computer is not such a terrible thing, the workload and stress level would almost always be far less if a computer was involved. Important attributes, such as the internet and programs, are very beneficial and enhance reliability. In the future, life is often predicted to be centered on computers and their technological advances. It is interesting to try and imagine life ten or even twenty years from now in order to figure out where computer technology will take the world. While making the completion of many tasks much easier, computers have been implicated so much into daily life, that I couldn’t imagine life without one.
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