Tuesday 15 May 2012

"Computers don't make mistakes, people do"



I must agree with the statement, "Computers don't make mistakes, people do." Computers simply follow the steps they are given, and it is people who input this information. If a computer does not complete a task, it is not due to any fault of its own, it is because a person has not given it proper direction. When we learned all of the steps in using xhtml there were many areas where people could make errors. If we forgot to put a closing tag such as </p> following text in a paragraph, none of that text would appear. If we spelt anything wrong, forgot quotation marks, put something in the wrong order, or typed in a command improperly, the computer could not output the information we wanted it to. There are rules that we must follow in order to get the proper output information from a computer. When people make mistakes, a computer cannot decipher what it is we are trying to get it to do. However, computers can actually SHOW us where we have made a mistake. This shows us that while computers cannot perform tasks when people make mistakes, they can help us to correct these mistakes to get the proper output.
When people follow the proper steps and procedures, we can get computers to give us the output information we are seeking.





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