Computers are everywhere - at home, at work and at school.

Most of our daily activities either involve the use of or depend on information from a computer. Activities such as learning to read, finding a job, looking up a product or planning a trip, could involve the use of computers. Modern age is believed to be the Age of Computers and information technology. A computer has become a symbol of modern developments. It can be described as the most brilliant and the latest child of science. Invented by Charles Babbage initially and developed by many other scientists, this machine is more than a calculator. Eesides doing all the numerical operations, it can also store information and has immense memory. By this memory we can recall whatever information we need whenever we want. A computer has to be 'told' what it must do. That instruction is known as programme. A computer can do different functions with a lightening speed. A modern, highly developed computer can predict weather, write poetry, compose music, play chess and can also teach various subjects if required. It can make reservations for the various railway or airline routes. It can operate radars and guide radars. The Personal Computer can now keep one's personal record as if it is one's private secretary. It can do all these duties with lightning speed and that too without committing any mistakes. Although computers can not replace men, they can efficiently take away the repititive and boring job to keep human mind free for creative thinking. It is really a boon for the modern man. The digital revolution is here. Technology continues to advance and computers have become an integrated part of our lives. Today communication are not limited to text one can transit voice, sounds, video and graphics with computers.

Playing Games
One way children use computers is for playing games. Game developers have created games for kids from toddlers to teenagers, some educational and some purely for entertainment. Games are also available on several websites online. It is important to supervise your kids while they use the computer. Keep your kids away from violent games, and always check the rating of games before buying them. It is best to stick to games that will teach kids while they're having fun.

Research
Kids who have to research for their homework assignments use the computer as a tool for getting more information and learning about their lessons. Through the Internet, kids can learn about any topic under the sun. Some of the things that kids search for on the Internet are definitions of words, pictures, explanations on class topics, or answers to questions in school. The computer may help them understand their lessons better. But do supervise your children when they're on the Internet so they don't go to websites that are inappropriate for kids.

Practice Typing
Kids who start handling the computer at a young age find it easier to use the technology when they are older. Another use of the computer for kids is for them to practice their typing skills. There are online programs and games that can teach children to type or to improve their typing skills. Children who learn how to type correctly will find it easier to work with the keyboard and type faster when they grow older--a useful skill when they're faced with term papers or essays in the future.

Free sample essay on Uses and Abuses of Computer. Computer is one of the greatest gifts of science to mankind. It has brought a great change in our life. Now we can do calculations with great speed and accuracy. It can process, manipulate, reproduce and communicate data at a very high speed.

The data could be text, pictures, numbers, photographs and other type of information, which are used by us in our day to day life. Computer is widely used in different spheres of life. We cannot imagine life without computer.

Computer is an electronic device used for storing and analyzing information fed into it, for calculating, or for controlling machinery automatically. It is a very flexible gadget, which can be used in a wide variety of ways, depending on the requirement and available resources. Micro-processors on small chips control various home appliances. They do automatic fine tuning and colour regulating on television sets and other household gadgets. In offices, computer is used to maintain records, files, prepare payrolls apart from performing various other functions. In hospital, computer is used to diagnose diseases. It helps in carrying out surgeries.

Computer is rendering valuable service to the radars, missiles, rocket launching, automatic flights, etc. We have pilotless aeroplanes which are controlled by computers from the ground stations. Airlines and railways are now offering instant information on bookings with the help of computers. Computers help big business houses in carrying out their up- to-date business. Computers are widely used to solve climatic, industrial, commercial, financial and other complicated problems. In advanced countries, computers are used to regulate and control traffic.

Computer is not blessing in all. It has caused to create many problems. A computer can perform works of several people. It has increased the rate of unemployment. It has replaced scores of people. Often the mistakes made by computers are really blunders. Excessive dependence of man on computers have reduced mental efficiency in human beings. Internet is often used for mischievous intentions. They are used to send false e-mails for malicious intentions to harass the person. Some others try to view those websites that are not meant for them. This is bad tendency and must be checked. Internet should be for development and other good purposes and not for destruction and decay.

Computers have many shortcomings. However, their advantages far outweigh their disadvantages. They are integral part of modern life. We cannot think of life without computers.

The poet Robert Southey has beautifully called books his never vfailing friends with whom he converses day by day. Books are true friends they can be by our side in whatever mood we are.They enlighten, give knowledge, entertain and inform us. Books are written with experienced people so we learn from their lives. We can carry books with us when we travel. They are our constant companions. when we are tired of reading we can close them, we can even read them at midnight. They fill our minds and hearts with hope and joy. Unlike human friends they never deceive or betray us. Books have inspired people through the ages. The first book of theAryan called the Rigveda has a lot for us to learn and understand even after 3000 years. Books like the Ramayana and Mahabharat are relevant in modern times and teach people the ways of life. Writers like Gandhi have put forward to us their life on a platter to understand their goals and teachings. When we read books, we are in the company of the best and the noblest minds of all ages. They enrich our minds by providing us with knowledge and widen the frontiers of our imagination. Books play important role in influencing our character and personality. A man is known by the company he keeps so it is necessary to pick the right books. Reading is a habit and one should cultivate since childhood. It is the best leisure time activity one must slowly graduate from picture comics, fairy tales, detective and romance stories to good literature. But one must have a proper choice of books to read. This will depend on our temperament and tastes. Today there is a lot of trash, sex and violence depicted in books. They also encourage criminal activities so care should be taken while choosing books to read. Books also need to be taken care of one must avoid folding pages, loosening the rib, marking pages in somebody elses books or tearing pages from library books. Books are written on different topics like history, geography, science, philosophy, religion. One must treat them as a window to the world which give us the right glimpse of life.

Book my best friend Charles W. Eliot said Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Book is the best friend, a human being can have. Book is a friend that is never disloyal. Books are our friends for life as because they never reject, never go or come, never fight and never blame us. Books make our life easy to lead as they inform us about various ways of leading life. Books are informative as well as instructive. A person is never going to feel alone in the presence of books. Therere two ways to get educated , one is to learn from experiences and the second one is to learn from books. I am going to give you an example , my mother asks me to remove a kettle of boiling milk from a stove . I can touch the handle of the kettle with bare hand and can burn my hand. If I have read a book on science and so I know that the handle of the kettle is hot. Therefore, I will use a rag to hold the handle, which will save my hand from burning. Now we all can appreciate the significance of acquisition of knowledge from books. Books are the best collection of the experiences of our ancestors, best collections of the facts and figures, help us to understand the nature , our past , our culture and our civilization. We need not have to wait till we get firsthand experience. Taking firsthand experience to gain knowledge is not only time consuming, but painful, also. Books have many wonders in it and they make a person absorbed in their interesting content. The best example of being a friend of book can be seen while long journeys when a person has nothing to do except to sit and wait for his destination. During my last vacation to Moosorise , we had sixteen hours of journey. I purchased a book on Moral Stories which I finished during this journey. I was so absorbed in the book that I did not realize the length of journeya