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Y2k Bug
Year 2000 is a serious problem and we need to prepare for it. I will clear up and get the facts strait with the year 2000, computer disaster. Dooms day? Many think it is likely. Others think the year 2000 is just like any other year. We all must prepare for the Millenium or disaster will strike. We will encounter problems including but not ending with economical, electrical, legal, and computer failure. Millenium bug, Y2K, computer failure, total disaster, these headlines will look more and more familure as the year 2000 nears. All these names above refer to the same problem. "The problem is old code in an awful lot of computer programs can not tell the difference between the year 2000 and the year 1900." (Shakespeare, N. 1999) Systems may crash, services can be stopped, communications could shut down, and electrical power can be lost. When computers were first in the development stage, almost no resources for design were available. Since the technology was just evolving from computer systems fillings 1, 2, or even 3 large rooms, into a little desktop PC shortcuts were definatly taken. The technology was so new and couldn't compare to the stats of PC's now its hard to understand and believe the huge difference in speed, storage, memory, and sizee. The Y2K bug was born in the early 1950's only to save two bits of memory. Today computers have millions of bits of memory. When PC or personal computers came into production two bits of memory were a big deal in space and technology. Although this was done back in the 1950' the habit was carried on up until 1995. The two bits were saved in this chip located on teh mother board called the Bios Chip or Cmos chip. These chip are the very bone basis for the computer and its ability to run. This code "19" was embedded into the chip to save two bits. To change the architecture of the chip and estimations of 50 engineers ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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