Question

What was the greatest technological development of the last 1,000 years, in your opinion? Some possible candidates: movable type, gunpower, railroads, electric motors, the internal combustion engine, television, computers.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

In my opinion the greatest technological development of the last 1,000 years is computer. It can perform different tasks quickly and easily thus saves effort and time; and reduces the overall cost to complete a particular task. It has made human life faster because of its incredible speed. Computers have affected every field of life such as business, medical, industry, airline and weather forecasting. It provides nearly accurate results.

People use computers for managing their home budgets, paying their bills, or simply having some break and listening to songs, watching a movie, or playing computer games. Online services such as skype, whatsup or social media websites are used for communication and information sharing purposes. It can be used as a great educational tool as it assists to have access to all sort of information on the internet. Person can save huge data within a low budget. Once connected to the Internet the choices and available options become limitless. Thus enhances communication and information availability. It increases cost efficiency and storage capacity at a low cost.