Q. Uses of technology in accounting?
The computers of persons in a given building or department are frequently connected in a Local Area Network (LAN). These persons are able to then access simultaneously the programs and databases stored in the LAN and can communicate with all other persons in the LAN through email. A more advanced kind of computer network is called Client/Server Computing. In this structure any computer in the network can be used to update the information stored elsewhere in the network. For instance accounting information stored in one computer could be updated by authorized persons from a number of other computers in the system. The use of networks is designed to get better efficiency and to reduce software and hardware costs.