Advantages and dis advantages of technology?

Answer 1

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= Some advantages and disadvantages of information technology =

Before we can know about all the advantages and disadvantages of information technology, it is essential that we know what information technology is exactly, and why it has it come to play such a important role in our daily lives. Today information technology involves more than just computer literacy; it also takes into account how computers work and how these computers can further be used not just for information processing but also for communications and problem solving tasks as well.

Our world today has changed a great deal with the aid of information technology. Things that were once done manually or by hand have now become computerized operating systems, which simply require a single click of a mouse to get a task completed. With the aid of IT we are not only able to stream line our business processes but we are also able to get constant information in 'real time' that is up to the minute and up to date.

The significance of IT can be seen from the fact that it has penetrated almost every aspect of our daily lives from business to leisure and even society. Today personal PCs, cell phones, fax machines, pagers, email and internet have all not only become an integral part of our very culture but also play an essential role in our day to day activities. With such a wide scope for the purpose of this article we shall focus on the impact of the internet in information technology.

Globalization - IT has not only brought the world closer together, but it has allowed the world's economy to become a single interdependent system. This means that we can not only share information quickly and efficiently, but we can also bring down barriers of linguistic and geographic boundaries. The world has developed into a global village due to the help of information technology allowing countries like Chile and Japan who are not only separated by distance but also by language to shares ideas and information with each other.

Communication - With the help of information technology, communication has also become cheaper, quicker, and more efficient. We can now communicate with anyone around the globe by simply text messaging them or sending them an email for an almost instantaneous response. The internet has also opened up face to face direct communication from different parts of the world thanks to the helps of video conferencing.

Cost effectiveness - Information technology has helped to computerize the business process thus streamlining businesses to make them extremely cost effective money making machines. This in turn increases productivity which ultimately gives rise to profits that means better pay and less strenuous working conditions.

Bridging the cultural gap - Information technology has helped to bridge the cultural gap by helping people from different cultures to communicate with one another, and allow for the exchange of views and ideas, thus increasing awareness and reducing prejudice.

More time - IT has made it possible for businesses to be open 24 x7 all over the globe. This means that a business can be open anytime anywhere, making purchases from different countries easier and more convenient. It also means that you can have your goods delivered right to your doorstep with having to move a single muscle.

Creation of new jobs - Probably the best advantage of information technology is the creation of new and interesting jobs. Computer programmers, Systems analyzers, Hardware and Software developers and Web designers are just some of the many new employment opportunities created with the help of IT.

Unemployment - While information technology may have streamlined the business process it has also crated job redundancies, downsizing and outsourcing. This means that a lot of lower and middle level jobs have been done away with causing more people to become unemployed.

Privacy - Though information technology may have made communication quicker, easier and more convenient, it has also bought along privacy issues. From cell phone signal interceptions to email hacking, people are now worried about their once private information becoming public knowledge.

Lack of job security - Industry experts believe that the internet has made job security a big issue as since technology keeps on changing with each day. This means that one has to be in a constant learning mode, if he or she wishes for their job to be secure.

Dominant culture - While information technology may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one culture dominating another weaker one. For example it is now argued that US influences how most young teenagers all over the world now act, dress and behave. Languages too have become overshadowed, with English becoming the primary mode of communication for business and everything else.

From: http://www.smallbusinessbible.org/advan_disadvan_informationtechnology.html

Answer 2

ADVANTAGES: Back then, we didn’t have all of the wonderful advantages of modern technology. For instance, if we wanted to make copies of documents, we simply inserted more sheets of carbon in the typewriter. Our telephones were the good old-fashioned black variety pro vided free of charge by Ma Bell. Our offices were in the local bank building. I think the phones were installed when the building was built around the turn of the cen tury, and hadn’t required service since. There was no such thing as a car phone. Our dictating machines re sembled Thomas Edison’s original recording device. Dictation was re corded by a needle on a round plastic cylinder. Summers and winters could be uncomfortable. When it got hot, we loosened our ties and sometimes removed our suit coats. We tried putting a fan in the window once but it blew all the papers off the desks. In the winter, if we got cold, we had an old crescent wrench that we banged on the radiators. Someone down in the bowels of the building would then send up a blast of steam in the pipes. The office would then get too hot and we would have to open the windows to cool off. Typewriters were operated man ually and had no “memory”. To mail letters, we had a large roll of stamps. All you had to do was tear one off and lick it. Today, we have all of the advan tages of modern technology. If we want to make copies of documents, we don’t even use car bon paper; we have a wonderful photostat machine that even en larges or reduces the size of copies at the push of a button. Of course, the machine has a mind of its own. The manufacturer (which advertises that it makes nothing but photostat machines) has a large staff of service people, one of whom makes his home at our office. When something goes wrong, his explanation is that it’s not the machine—we just use it too much. When we moved into our new office building in 1980, we couldn’t get the old black phones supplied by Ma Bell. We had to purchase our own telephone system. It has all kinds of features the old black phones didn’t have, including auto matic dialing of up to 25 numbers, automatic redial, hands-free use, etc. Of course, whenever we have a lightning storm, or if we have what’s called a “power surge,” the phones go out, disconnecting all calls in process. Someone then has to run down to the basement and press the reset button. Car phones are another great advancement in telephone service. When they first came out, they were status symbols, like a Mercedes. Now, the price has come down so that just about anyone can afford them and they’re no longer status symbols (car phones, that is, not Mercedeses). Our dictating machines are now hand-held tape recorders. This makes it convenient to do dictation wherever one happens to be. One of my partners, for instance, has a rare combination of talents; he can drive his car while shaving, dictat ing, talking on the phone and eating breakfast, all at the same time. Today, typewriters have been re placed by computers which are networked and can communicate with one another. When I come into the office these days, I half expect to hear the computers carrying on a conversation - in computerese, of course. Since I’m a relic of the pre computer age, I tread very lightly when I’m near the computers for fear of getting them “mad” at me. The building is heated and cooled by high-efficiency heating and cool ing units. We have four zones on the main floor. The heat and air conditioning are turned up and down in the morning and evening, without the aid of a crescent wrench. It’s all automatic. For three months in the spring and fall, according to our employ ees, the building is too cold in the morning and too hot during the day, or too hot in the morning and too cold during the day, depending on the season. Also, although all zones are set at the same tem perature, there is a variance of three to four degrees from one side to the other. But as I said, it’s all automatic. To mail letters, in place of the old-fashioned roll of stamps that had to be licked, we now have a modern, automatic electronic mail ing machine. DISADVANTAGES: -they say machines and robots will replace people at work, and tons of people will lose their jobs -not everything in technology works right

Answer 3

Examples of advantage and dis-advantage of technology are ......

advantage-->simply you can take the example of answer.com..you can able to find all answers which you don't know(we got many useful websites like this because of technology).

dis-advantage-->example of this is hackers they are using the technology to breakout the passwords and stealing money from the bank accounts using online banking.

Answer 4

Advantages:

-Life is easier

-Life is more enjoyable

-People live longer and are healthier

-It's exciting

Dis-advantages:

-Certain technologies have the power to destroy or seriously damage nature.

Answer 5

we can conduct bussiness and connect to the internet even while outside as long as Wi Fi signal is present.