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What is Office Automation?

                                                                  Computer science is the science that studies
                                                                  computers as a whole (machines and
                                                                  programs). The concept of informatics is
                                                                  given by the union of two words Information
                                                                  and automatics.
                                                                  This is the „body of scientific and technical
                                                                  knowledge which makes it possible to
                                                                  process information automatically by means
                                                                  of computers'.

                                                                  The concept of office automation applies to
                                                                  all those techniques, procedures, services,
                                                                  etc., which are based on information
                                                                  technology (information technology and
                                                                  communications) and whose implementation
                                                                  is carried out in the field of office work and
                                                                  similar environments. The concept of office
                                                                  automation comes from the union of two
                                                                  words: OFFICIAL and AUTOMATIC.


                                                                  With different shapes, sizes, technologies
                                                                  and colors, for example, calculators,
                  Competer or computer
                                                                  ATMs, electronic organizers, etc.
                  A computer or computer is a machine             Types of computers.
                  capable of performing a sequence of
                  operations, by means of a program, using
                  input data to obtain an output result.
                                                                  Super computers

                                                                  It is the most powerful computer to date,
                                                                  processing huge amounts of information very
                                                                  quickly. It is used to simulate complex
                                                                  phenomena such as: nuclear fusion, air
                                                                  pollution, etc.






                  General purpose and most popular
                  computers are personal computers or PCs.
                  But there are different types of computers
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