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The millennium bug.

Anticipates how computers are going to interpret the year when the millennium dawns. Focus on the software engineers in the 1960s who decided to save digital memory by programming computers to expect every year to begin with "19"; Loss of mankind's innocence in the 20th century; Hope regarding fixin...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 340; no. 7977; p. 20
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/3/1996
Subjects:
Year 2000 date conversion (Computer systems)
Software maintenance
Millennium (Eschatology)
Computer software
Computer programmers
Software engineering
Computer storage devices
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Anticipates how computers are going to interpret the year when the millennium dawns. Focus on the software engineers in the 1960s who decided to save digital memory by programming computers to expect every year to begin with "19"; Loss of mankind's innocence in the 20th century; Hope regarding fixing the millennium bug.