How can computers be used in a restaurant?

Answer 1

Many restaurants use hand-held PDA's to input the customer's choices. The data is wirelessly sent to the kitchen, and the meal is prepared. The terminals can also accurately record how many customers each staff have served over their shift. Other uses for a computer in a restaurant would be maintaining kitchen stock, payroll, order processing etc

Answer 2

The primary use is as a point of sale terminal (POS), often replacing both the cash register and credit card machine. Some restaurant POS systems also keep track of reservations, table assignments, etc.