Computer Science & Engineering
"The nation can use its core competence in IT, natural resources and
human resources to become a knowledge superpower by 2020" ---------By A.P.J.
ABDUL KALAM.
You dial a number “yyyyyyyy” using your telephone. What you hear is the
following: -
"Good Evening. Welcome to ABCD Multiplex Theatre."
"For movie information—Say Movies or dial 1 "
"For booking Tickets --- Say Book Tickets or dial 2"
"To talk to our Customer Service Representative --- Say help or dial 9"
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If you say Movies or press 1, you get
the names of the movies running in the 5 theatres as follows:-
"The movies being played in our theatres are – Screen 1 – GURU, Screen 2 – LORD
OF THE RINGS, Screen 3 – TITANIC, Screen 4 – BRAVEHEART, Screen 5 – TOMMORROW
NEVER DIES. To repeat , Say repeat or dial 1, To book tickets ---- Say Book
Tickets or dial 2’
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The above is one of the practical applications of Computer Science Engineering.
You have just spoken to a machine. The system is called IVRS (Interactive
Voice Response System). "Speech Recognition" is used to recognize your speech
input. Due to Technological advancements like the above, one could get any
information from anywhere within seconds. Here, computer does the work of a
human. The Internet and Mobile phones offer similar services rendering web page
content. Ever since the advent of the Internet and E-mail, globalization is at
its rapid pace.
Today, with a Personal Computer (PC) and an Internet Connection, one could feel
that any information is a click away. Many search engines have emerged, which
give tons of information about anything under the roof of the Sun. All you have
to do is to visit a Search Engine and type the text and click the search
button. Within seconds, you get the information needed. Computers provide
entertainment too. Games like “Age Of Empires”, “NFS” are to name a few. Today,
in the US, one could see the photograph of their residence taken from a
Satellite. Google, one of the popular search engine provides this facility at
http://maps.google.com. This is an example of Science and Technology
working together.
A lot of processing goes behind the scenes to fetch the data. Processing is a
result of Software programs written by Computer Science Engineers. Computer
Science Engineering enables one to learn the intricacies involved above.
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Due to the interest in programming,
Bill Gates has climbed great heights to become the Chairman of Microsoft
Corporation, the worldwide leader in Software, services and solutions. Most of
the PC’s run on Microsoft Windows Operating System.
Computer Science & Engineering deals with integration of Software and
Hardware. Majority of the portion is on how the Software manages the Hardware.
Students learn all about various aspects of Software like Programming(C, C++,
JAVA), Compiler Design, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Data
Structures and Database Systems. JAVA programming language is gaining a
lot of momentum due to its platform independency. A program written in JAVA
could run in any Operating System unlike a C or C++ program. Sun Microsystems
had developed the JAVA Language. Object Oriented Programming with JAVA
has been extensively used in Enterprise Application development. Today, more
and more complicated systems are turning towards JAVA as a solution due
to its open standard specification. On the hardware side, INTEL, the
processor manufacturer has gone on record in increasing the processing power. A
lot of career opportunities today await Computer Engineering Graduates. You
could become a Programmer, Analyst, Database Administrator, Web Designer,
Testing Engineer, Network Engineer and so on. If you are good at Maths and lots
of interest in Computers then this is the field you should choose. You could be
a BIG GIANT one day.
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