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The computer is used to assist man in business organizations, in research and in many other walks of life. In this chapter we shall examine some of these areas so as to give an indication of the very wide range of activities in which the computer is involved. Some may be surprising, if you consider the limited capabilities of the machine. However, versatility has been provided by man's ability to reduce what are often highly complicated problems to the simple level at which the computer can be used, and to design and implement ingenious computer system which can provide a myriad interplay of the basically simple tasks that the computer can handle.

 

You should remember that what has been achieved so far has been accomplished in a very short period of time. The first computer was developed about fifty years ago and ten years passed before the industry was established on a firm footing.