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January 1 2000 Year 2000
1,710 wordsThe year 2000 is practically around the corner, promising a new era of greatness and wonder... as long as you don't own a computer or work with one. The year 2000 is bringing a Pandora's Box of gifts to the computer world, and the latch is slowly coming undone. The year 2000 bug is not really a "bug" or "virus, " but is more a computer industry mistake. Many of the PC's, mainframes, and software out there are not designed or programmed to compute a future year ending in double zeros. This is goi...
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Year 2000 Problem January 1 2000
2,294 wordsLess than one year until the year 2000, two seemingly small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal nightmare. With computers mistaking the year 2000 for 1900, virtually all businesses that use dates will be affected. Not only will the companies be affected, but also they are paying millions upon millions of dollars in order for computers to recognize the difference between the years 2000 and 1900. The year 2000 computer bug is a huge problem that our world ...
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Y 2 K Year 2000 Problem
4,910 wordsLess than two years until the year 2000. Two seemingly small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal nightmare. With computers mistaking the year 2000 for 1900, virtually all businesses that use dates will be affected. Not only will the companies be affected, but they are paying millions upon millions of dollars in order for computers to recognize the difference between the years 2000 and 1900. The year 2000 computer bug is a huge problem that our world must...
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Year 2000 Problem January 1 2000
2,407 wordsLess than two years until the year 2000. Two seemingly small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal nightmare. With computers mistaking the year 2000 for 1900, virtually all businesses that use dates will be affected. Not only will the companies be affected, but they are paying millions upon millions of dollars in order for computers to recognize the difference between the years 2000 and 1900. The year 2000 computer bug is a huge problem that our world must...
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January 1 2000 Y 2 K
617 wordsThe Y 2 K problem affects almost every computer system in some way. Because of the age we live in, it is safe to assume that Society rely on computers to a large degree The problem started out innocently enough. Well intentioned programmers using two digits to represent the year instead of four. Using the full four digits would have expanded the date field by one third at a time when memory was very expensive. The practice continued to maintain compatibility with older systems and data. The Year...
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