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Computer is perhaps the most controversial inventions of the twentieth century. Ever since Bill Gates made it a household name
people have been debating over its merits and demerits. Most students would agree that the computer is the greatest invention
on earth because it has opened up a vast store of easily available information for them. At a click of the mouse we get to learn
many things that help us to keep abreast with the fast moving world. However for each positive aspect of the computer there is
an equal or more negative counter point. Gone are the days of vigorous handwriting practice. The computer has come as a
blessing for students who can now submit their assignments in neat and legible sheets. They can loop up any information to put
together their projects and use various software applications to present them in an impressive manner. Coloured graphs and
diagrams can be inserted. There is very little scope of spelling errors and even grammatical mistakes are done away with.
Knowledge increases with its spread and anyone who wants to spread his thoughts and knowledge can put it on the internet. It is
available to the world and research students no longer need to labour through piles and piles of manuscripts. Universities can be
contacted and even queries are answered through the internet. All this saves them a lot of time and labour as well as money.
There are numerous online forums for those who want to discuss and conferences that they can log on to. They can always
indulge in a healthy interaction with other literary enthusiasts. As computers become increasingly pervasive into our lives an
increasing number of people are facing problems on the domestic front because of computers and the internet. Individuals are
spending hours on end chatting or surfing on the net but they do not have time for the other members in the family. Each one is
becoming less communicative and more dependent on the computer. Children especially of the advanced and more developed
countries are known to spend twenty hours a week playing computer games. Alternately computers are helping to build up a
global family instead of narrow groups based on community and caste. The different groups that can be found on social
networks are witness to the growing popularity on international communities. In a very short time people can be brought
together to protest against some wrong and to fight for some right or garner support for someone. As people become
increasingly aware of what is going on in the world more and more people are involving themselves in the service of other. There
are doctors who can be consulted online and lawyers who clarify legal points. Sadly the advent of computers and the internet has
rung the death knell on a lot of habits that are essential for the development of a good character