The invention of computer is one of the most incredible breakthroughs in human history. From the year of 1945, the time people invented ENIAC – the first primitive computer in the whole world, human’s life has changed significantly. Computer is really an essential thing in our life. Computers play a lot of roles in our life. But exactly what roles do they really play? In the following lines, I am going to describe some of them.
The first role that computer play is that computer is a tool of studying for students. An incredible, amazing amount of information is available through the Internet, which is a system on the computer. Internet is a smart, flexible network of websites created to serve human’s needs of entertaining, working, studying and communicating. You only have to type a few words in your search engine, and in a matter of seconds, the Google will search on the whole World Wide web for the topics that you want. World Wide Web is similar to an International Library, with a huge amount of documents: about five million documents! This “library” is the biggest in the world, for sure! You don’t have to spend hours, going through card catalogues in the library and looking at the shelves. In just a click, every human s thirst of knowledge will be satisfied. Furthermore, Internet has made databases and references from the major libraries of big cities such as New York, Toronto, Washington, Tokyo, Paris, Rome, etc. to be available to students around the globe. Not only taking databases from non-profit organizations such as the Wikipedia, Wikileak, and British Concise Encyclopedia, the Internet also purchase the documents from libraries, offices and successful companies to help people interact with keener, more standard knowledge about the subjects. With these standardized information from famous, recognizable organizations, students are sure to absorb the quintessence of human being. With the Internet, students can also communicate with other students through the globe. They can share their interests, study about each other’s culture and history and exchange their languages. As a result, students can know about other country’s traditional and historical aspects. They will improve their studying at school, especially in World History and International Culture. Also, students from other countries can share the native students about their country’s government, natural resources and science development. At school, students may also improve their skills in World Government, Biology and Science. It is really beneficial and valuable.
Secondly, computers make works more enjoyable and convenient. It is certainly convenient to sit at home and do research on the Internet with your computer. Computer can be opened 24 hours a day, unlike libraries or office. You can do research in your pajamas when you eat breakfast or whenever you like. Before the appearance of the Internet, students had to rely on the libraries for information and book. Libraries do not open 24 hours a day, so students could not do the assignments fast. Today, thing has changed. With the Internet, students can do researches whenever they want. Of course, libraries are still needed, but the innovation of Internet can replace libraries in certain conditions. Also, the Microsoft Office Word in the computer helps us very much. When we have to write a report or something like that, writing by hand will not be suitable. Before the innovation of computers, writing has to be done by hand. Imagine writing a 50 pages report by hand! How frustrating! As a result, the computer was invented to save the day!
Thirdly, computer is a mean of relaxation. Imagine after a hard day of work, we feel very tired and boring. That time, the computer will be extremely effective. We can have fun on the computer by playing games, listening to music, chatting with friends, checking information and doing fun quizzes. It will help our mind to be refreshed and be ready to start the work. According to some researches, our mind will remember things better when we have some relaxation after hard work, and the computer really enhance that relaxation.
To sum up, there is a famous saying: “Computer is the best and foremost ticket to success”. In my opinion, computer is a brilliant invention of our life.