Sir: A computer offers numerous advantages to its users. It acts as a guide book in a student’s life as it helps him in many ways. By installing different programmes like Encarta, encyclopedia and a dictionary in a computer, a student can increase his knowledge. While studying, we need to find many things that books do not contain. So, these programmes are very useful to fulfil our needs. We can also connect to people in various parts of the world with the help of the internet. Machines are the instruments that make our work easier but a computer is a machine that makes us reach different parts of the world in less than one second. Computers enable us to interact with our friends and family members no matter how far they are. Computers are a wonderful invention of the modern age. SAB