COMPUTER LIMATATIONS

Although computers are powerful and even marvelous tools, they have limitations. Thus, they can't be used indiscriminately .

Major Limitations of Computers:

1. Dependence on Prepared Instructions. The computer performs only what is programmed to do and nothing else. It can do much more than just add, subtract, multiply, and divide. By using instructions, it can sort data, straighten data out and store it away for you. Instructions allow the computer to compare two numbers, to find out if one is larger than, smaller than, or equal to the other. All these can only be possible if the computer is given the correct instructions. It can never do things by itself.

2. Inability to Derive Meanings from Objects. A computer does not have feelings. It is unable to recognize and respond to living objects. Accordingly, the meanings of objects such as data or programs, it deals with mean nothing to the computer. Whatever meanings the computer deals with are only fed to it by the programmer.

3. Inability to Generate Information. The computer cannot generate information own its own. It is not able to think and perceive relevant aspects of a given situation and adopt means to fulfill a goal or course of action. A computer has the capacity to put information together from many sources, only if properly programmed, but never independently.

4. It Cannot Correct Wring Instructions. The computer will do exactly what you instruct it to do, regardless of what you mean. It cannot decipher the correct instructions from the wrong instructions. It does not have the ability to select and perform only the rights.