Thursday, March 5, 2009

Diversified Field of Computer Technology


By Brenda Williams

The technology of computer science and its development mirrors the growing number of newer fields and many sub disciplines. Generally computer science deals with anything that has to do with computers. However, due to the ultra fast, technical development and rapid growth within the last couple of decades, computer science today covers many more subjects than just computers. There are so many sub fields involved like, general computer science, media informatics, technical computer sciences, networking, internet and such like.

The diversified field of Computer technology or more specifically the core discipline of computer science also deals with the sub disciplines like theories of programming languages, artificial intelligence, communication technology, databases, soft-ware engineering and bioinformatics.

Computer Science and this technology are interlinked to every aspect of today's modern life and really provide extended help in finding progressive solutions to everyday problems. It also fills the gaps in our knowledge. Access to information is quite easy due to the fact that internet a progeny of computer technology is providing vast and interactive services to the entire world. The world is in turn becoming a global village, the distances of communication among friends and family having been virtually eliminated. The internet provides web services of different sorts such as, social networking services, chatting services which give real time interaction to users and portals providing free lance business opportunities. Moreover with the help of modern day e-commerce facilities businesses are on an upward curve of success.

Users of internet can locate the web sites of interests in a number of easy ways. There is a variety of online content available in easy access to the common man; merchants, online banking opportunities, educational and government entities and companies listed with trade and organization names. They can also surf the net with the assistance of various web related search engines, which work magic just like genies!

Advances in the computer technology have made greater efficiencies on the hard ware side as well. Most modern day computers are now general purpose computers and they feature a high degree of programming flexibility.

As computing technology has shifted from a stand alone activity to conduct increasingly over networks, the way computers work has changed as well. Most computers used in business, and many used in the home, no longer operate in the old self contained fashion.

It seems that every one was caught by the speed how millions of people using internet started buying things online. This development posed important challenges and has implications for the technological framework of the internet.
Where, there are so many diversities found in the computer technology, software development stands as an inherently functional enterprise. Software provides the instructions that enable a computer to perform the tasks to serve the user's needs. Soft- wares can actually control anything from the relatively simple operation of a clock to the highly complex operation of an airplane.

In the end, it would suffice to say that the computer science is about exploring the limitations of us the humans and gaining knowledge about expanding our horizons.


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