Y2K Bug
Year 2000 Computer Problem (Y2K Bug)No event since the destruction of the city of Pompeii by a volcanic eruption has had this kind of potential to affect the globe. With less than 2 months until the year 2000, two small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from one big celebration into a worldwide technological nightmare. On the edge of the new millennium, a common defect in the world's computer systems has spawned a fear that has governmental and industrial powerhouses trembling. The year 2000 computer problem, labeled the "Y2K bug", is unlike any other problem in modern history for several reasons. It will occur at the same time worldwide, time zones withstanding, and it affects all languages and platforms, hardware and software. The world is going to come to a "virtual" halt.The year 2000 is not really a "bug" or "Virus", but is more a computer industry mistake. Computers are programmed to store the date in the following format: dd/mm/yy. This only allows 2 digits for the year. January 1, 2000 would be stored as 01/01/00, but the computer will interpret this as January 1, 1900 - not 2000. This two-digit date affects information manipulation, mostly subtractions and comparisons. For example: I was born in 1983. If I ask th
Today it runs on the energy of information, to cripple the technological flow of information throughout the world is to bring it to a standstill. The bank computer figures your $100 was there for one year @ 5% interest, so you get $105 back, simple enough. The only problem with this approach is the cost. He has a "cataclysmic view of the millennarian prophecy," including computer meltdowns, civil unrest and nuclear winter. In the year 2000 however, that computer will subtract 83 from 00 and say that I'm -83 years old. Do I have your attention yet? If this problem isn't solved, there could be no air traffic, traffic lights, electricity in homes and businesses, ATM's will not function, companies could not produce goods, no goods delivered to the stores, stores could not send you bills, you could not send bills to anyone else. Could it reduce the problem by 50%? Possibly. Could it reduce the workload by 30%? Quite likely. Here's the scenario: Imagine making a payment on a loan in 1999 for a bill that is due in 2000.
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