Example of Computer usage:

1. HOME USER:
Budgeting
Personal Financial Management
Web Access
Take college classes
Pay bills
Management Investment
Shop
Listen to the radio
Watch movie
Read books
Play games
File Taxes
Airline reservations
Communication through
E-mail
Instant messaging
Chat rooms
Entertainment
Concepts of TAN
Wireless communication allows family members to access each others data,
information, programs, printers and other devices.
PDAs
Maintain daily schedules
Maintain address list
To meet their needs home users have variety of software
Word processing
Personal finance software
Software assists with preparing and filing taxes
Keeping a house hold inventory
Setting up maintenance schedule
Reference software
Encyclopedia
Simple and medical dictionary
Road atlas
Embedded computers / microchip etc.

2. SMALL OFFICES/ HOME OFFICE USER (SOHO)

Small Office is an office having less than 50 employees
E.g. Accounting firms / Travel agencies/ Estate agencies
Self employed who works from home
SOHO users typically have
PDAs to manage appointments/contact information
Wireless web access
For various types of information
E-mail
E-commerce
Web-cam showing the world a live view of some aspects of their business
Small office often network their computers
Basic business software
Industry specific types of software (taking orders, updating inventory, billing customers
and paying vendors)
3. MOBILE USER
Work on a computer while away from a main office/ college/ university
Examples:
sales rep
Real estate agents
Insurance agents
Meter readers
Package delivery people
Journalists
Consultants and
Students
What do they use to work?
Notebook
Web-enabled PDAs
Mobile phone
Mobile users connect to other computers usually wirelessly on a network or the
internet.
4. LARGE BUSINESS USER
Doing business across the regions, country and around the world
Enterprise computing
Huge networks for diverse computing needs
E-commerce website
Various departments linked with network
Role of IT department

Kiosk (free standing computer) in public location

Provide information to public
Allow customers to place orders
Make payment
Access the web
Telecommuting
5. EDUCATION
Students have notebook and PDA in school and colleges
Students use software to assist with learning and complete assignment
Students can take classes on the web
Distance Learning
Digital divide splitting people of the world into 2 distinct groups
Those who have access to technology (telephone, TV, Computer and internet)
Those who do not have access to technology
To help close this gap in the digital divide govt. and NGOs must put efforts in
setting up community training centers and supplying teachers and students with
necessary technology.
6. GOVERNMENT
Judicial / legislative office
Military C4I (computer, command, control, communication and intelligence)
Law enforcement
Employment
National security
Taxes
Local government
NADRA
Rescue 15
Driving license authority
Keeping records of criminals

7. HEALTH CARE
Hospital and doctors use computers to maintain patient records
Computes monitors patients vital sign in hospital rooms and home.
Assist doctors, nurses and technicians with medical test
Doctors use web and medical software to assist with researching and diagnosing
health condition.
Doctors use e-mail to correspond with patients.
Surgeons use computer-controlled devices to provide them with greater precision
during operations such as for laser eye surgery and robot assisted heart surgery.
Surgeons implant computerized devices such as pacemaker that allow patients to
live longer.
Telemedicine health care professionals in separate location have live conference on the
computer.
Camera pill/ capsule
8. TRAVEL
Onboard navigation system
Provide directions
Automatically calls for help if the air bad deploys and you do not respond to voice contact

Provide emergency services as soon as you press the emergency button

Dispatch roadside assistance
Unlock the drivers side door if u lock the keys in the car
Track the vehicle if it is stolen
Honk the horn to help u locate the car in a parking lot.
Cars with all technologies screen with e-mail and Internet access, printer and fax etc.
Air plane connect with internet connections
Enter starting and ending address, the website generates the best route for your trip.