IT 103 Project - Susan Caicedo

Susan Caicedo
IT 103 Project
November 2, 2005

Business Office

The rapid growth of computer sales has made computer systems much cheaper than before. Computer science has made them faster, more reliable, and easier to use. Businesses use computers in order to keep track of their accounts and money. Computer software packages such as word processors simplify the creation and modification of documents. (“Computers”) Computers have impacted our lives in many ways. It’s hard not to notice it but they did make life a lot easier even in the most diminutive way. Without computers, the business world would be a harder place to work in. Thanks to the computers, not only is everyday life easier but work as well. Some people may disagree but most wouldn't. Some people say that computers are taking away man power. That maybe true but computers did make the impossible, possible.

Computers impacted many items in today's society. One area the computer impacted on is the business area. Business uses computers for keeping track of accounts, money, or items that they need. You may notice business people using computers a lot, especially the laptop computers, portable computers that can be taken to your work area. You may see people use things like pie-charts and graphs when they present information to other business people in meetings. Most of those charts were made by computers. The business field uses the computers a lot for their companies and organizations (“Computers”).

But as with any type of technology, this particular has one as a major flaw, it’s potential for security problems. Hackers can see packets traveling on a network and can perhaps get a hold of them to obtain confidential information. There needs to be lots of careful of what is placed on the internet. Many users have the ability to get your information online so being careful of what is being placed online is very important (“Computers”).