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Advantage and Disadvantage of Computer

Computer provides many advantages such as multitasking capabilities, incredible speed, ability to store huge amounts of data accurately and securely. It allows users to complete complex tasks, improve communication and productivity. However, computers also present disadvantages like being targets for viruses, hacking and cyber crimes. Prolonged use can impact health and computers enable the spread of fake news. Distractions due to entertainment features can also reduce productivity.

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Advantage and Disadvantage of Computer

Computer provides many advantages such as multitasking capabilities, incredible speed, ability to store huge amounts of data accurately and securely. It allows users to complete complex tasks, improve communication and productivity. However, computers also present disadvantages like being targets for viruses, hacking and cyber crimes. Prolonged use can impact health and computers enable the spread of fake news. Distractions due to entertainment features can also reduce productivity.

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Advantage and Disadvantage of Computer

Advantages of Computer:

Multitasking: Multitasking is one of the major advantage of computer. Person can


perform multiple task, multiple operation, calculate numerical problems within few
seconds. Computer can perform trillion of instructions per second.

Speed: Now computer isn’t just a calculating device. Now a day’s computer has vital
role in human life. One of the most advantages of computer is its incredible speed,
which helps human to finish their task in few seconds. All the operations can be
performed very fast just because of its speed elsewise it takes a long time to perform
the task.
Cost/Stores huge amout of data: It is a low cost solution. Person can save huge
data within a low budget. Centralized database of storing information is the major
advantage that can reduce cost.
Accuracy: One of the root advantage of computer is that can perform not only
calculations but also with accuracy.
Data Security: Protecting digital data is understood as data security. Computer
provide security from destructive forces and from unwanted action from unauthorized
users like cyber attack or access attack.
Task completer: Completes tasks that might be impossible for humans to complete.
Communication: Computer helps the user in better understanding and
communication with the other devices.
Productivity: The level of productivity gets automatically doubled as the computer
can done the work at very fast.
Reduces work load: Information are often accessed by more then one person with
the necessity for work to be duplicated.
Reliability: Computers can perform same sort of work repeatedly without throwing
up errors thanks to tiredness or boredom, which are quite common among humans.
Storage: The pc has an in-built memory where it can store an outsized amount of
knowledge . You can also store data in auxiliary storage devices.

Disadvantages of computer:

Virus and hacking attacks: Virus may be a worm and hacking is just an
unauthorized access over computer for a few illicit purpose. Virus can go to other
system from email attachment, viewing an infected website advertisement, through
removable device like USB etc.
Online Cyber Crimes: Online cyber-crime means computer and network may have
utilized in order to commit crime. Cyberstalking and fraud are the points which
comes under online cyber-crimes.
Reduction employed opportunity: Mainly past generation wasn’t used of the pc or
they need the knowledge of computer they faced an enormous problem when
computer came in field.
High cost: Computers are expensive. Even the foremost affordable computers are
still very expensive for the typical person in South Africa. Since computers empower
people.

Health-Issues: Prolonged use of personal computers result in many health related


issues. Eye strain, headache, back pain, etc. are some of them.

Fake News: Computers enable a wide array of data sharing options. But, this
becomes a medium for spread of spurious news. Many cases are there when fake
news is shared among people using messaging apps.

Distractions/disruptions: If you’ve got ever spent hours browsing the web or


watching videos on YouTube, then you recognize how distracting computers can be
Because of their high entertainment value.

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