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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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