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IT in Home Computing
During COVID times, we all realised that information technology has become a vital part of our lives at home. We now
have a smart home with all the smart devices to use, that enable us to perform our everyday tasks, solely because of
information technology. Some of the common home computing activities are listed below:
• Connected through local network with other members living in the same apartments or society.
• Using mobile phones or landline phones to talk to friends and families.
• For entertainment, playing favourite songs, playing games
or watching a favourite movie.
• Using laptops or PCs to work from home, conduct online
meetings, submit report, attend workshops, etc.
• Children attending online classes through mobile phones,
laptops or PCs.
• Using the Internet to explore data as and when needed.
• Using online banking services to do transactions for
different purposes.
• Online shopping of household products, grocery, milk, etc.
• Doing payments of electricity bills, water bills, tax, school fees, etc.
IT in Everyday Life
Computers are, playing a very important role in our lives and now we cannot
imagine the world without computers. We use IT to do our daily routine work
at home like microwave, vacuum cleaner, kitchen automated stoves and
chimney for cooking, home security system, water level checking system in
tanks etc.
We can store all the information about our important work, appointments,
schedules and list of contacts in a computer.
IT in Library
A library is a collection of printed and non-printed material organised and maintained by an organisation and academic
institutions to provide resources to their users. Almost every function carried out in the library has witnessed a
remarkable change due to Information Technology. Some of the jobs are listed below:
• Many organisations and schools have their own digital library
helping their students and staff by providing online resources and
books. The Government of India has provided various categories
of learning resources to the learners’ community through a single-
window platform known as the - National Digital Library of India
(https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/).
• The books can be tracked and made available using the barcode
reader.
• Software is used to maintain:
w the list of books in stock.
w books issued by a person. The biggest online library.
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