Introduction to Life in the information age
In recent years technology has changed they way we live dramatically. All computing is, is binary code which is a series of 0’s and 1‘s that hold instructions so people can easily make better, smarter technologies. A great example is of a sales representative that travelled a thousand miles every week, carried a large diary, an address book, a large road atlas and numerous A-Z’s as well as change for pay phones. However because of changes in technology instead of going to see people he can have discussions over the phone or through e-mail and instead of using atlas’s he can use Sat Nav to get to the location required.
Business offices have changed ever so much about the last 30 years. Offices used to have very few if any computers and they were very big; because of the lack of computers they had a huge amount of filing cabinets for information. There were very little telephones and only important employees had them. Now however offices have a computer for every employee and they are much smaller than they used to be but are quicker and can hold more information; because of this there is no need for any or as many filing cabinets.
E-mail had also had a big impact on work life. Letter would be sent to employees from the boss and vice versa, however this is very time consuming. E-mail is a quick and easy way for people to communicate within a business making business life much easier for everyone. It also saves having to use lots of paper so it is more efficient.
Many jobs now involve using a computer and employees need to have at least basic knowledge of computing otherwise they will struggle to get jobs. Even car break down services such as the AA use computers, they plug in a computer which runs car diagnostics and identifies the problem.
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