logging in or signing up Y2K Background Info Slideshow parkerschroeder Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 252 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 06, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: aravind93 (19 month(s) ago) can i download ur presentaion it is very useful facts or send to my email id aravind.arivoli@gmail.com Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript What was the Y2K Bug? : What was the Y2K Bug? Parker Schroeder and Andrew Melville Background : Background Referred to many names such as Year 2000 Problem, Y2K Problem, the Millennium Bug, the Y2K Bug, or Y2K The problem arose for digital and non-digital documents because of the two number year abbreviation at the end of every date Background : Background It was thought that there would be a logical error with computers when it rolled over from the year x99 to x00 Computer programmers thought that once the date turned to x00, current files would become invalid and previous data would be lost and unrecoverable Background : Background The theory caused many leading technology businesses to panic and spend billions dollars to backup the files and to purchase new equipment in order to prevent the failure In the end, many of the supposed problems never occurred and computer applications continued to run smoothly while the rest of the world went on with its normal life Programming Solutions : Programming Solutions The major problems were able to solved, but at a costly price. For example, Microsoft spent 300 billion dollars on the issue The two methods used to solve the problem were date expansion and windowing Programming Solutions : Programming Solutions Date expansion- Almost self-explanatory, the two year dates were made into four years dates so that they included the century. The downside to this solution was it was very costly Windowing- The two year number system was retained, however, programs were installed that counted the century value for certain programs Documented Errors : Documented Errors 150 slot machines at race tracks in Delaware stopped working The U.S. Naval Observatory, which runs the country's official clock, had a glitch on its web site In Onagawa, Japan, an alarm sounded at a nuclear power plant two minutes after midnight End results : End results Most of the money spent was precautionary, however, if the bug did have an effect, these companies would have lost everything In the end, the Y2K Millennium bug turned out to be a hoax because machines that were untreated by Y2K prevention software operated successfully You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Y2K Background Info Slideshow parkerschroeder Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 252 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 06, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: aravind93 (19 month(s) ago) can i download ur presentaion it is very useful facts or send to my email id aravind.arivoli@gmail.com Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript What was the Y2K Bug? : What was the Y2K Bug? Parker Schroeder and Andrew Melville Background : Background Referred to many names such as Year 2000 Problem, Y2K Problem, the Millennium Bug, the Y2K Bug, or Y2K The problem arose for digital and non-digital documents because of the two number year abbreviation at the end of every date Background : Background It was thought that there would be a logical error with computers when it rolled over from the year x99 to x00 Computer programmers thought that once the date turned to x00, current files would become invalid and previous data would be lost and unrecoverable Background : Background The theory caused many leading technology businesses to panic and spend billions dollars to backup the files and to purchase new equipment in order to prevent the failure In the end, many of the supposed problems never occurred and computer applications continued to run smoothly while the rest of the world went on with its normal life Programming Solutions : Programming Solutions The major problems were able to solved, but at a costly price. For example, Microsoft spent 300 billion dollars on the issue The two methods used to solve the problem were date expansion and windowing Programming Solutions : Programming Solutions Date expansion- Almost self-explanatory, the two year dates were made into four years dates so that they included the century. The downside to this solution was it was very costly Windowing- The two year number system was retained, however, programs were installed that counted the century value for certain programs Documented Errors : Documented Errors 150 slot machines at race tracks in Delaware stopped working The U.S. Naval Observatory, which runs the country's official clock, had a glitch on its web site In Onagawa, Japan, an alarm sounded at a nuclear power plant two minutes after midnight End results : End results Most of the money spent was precautionary, however, if the bug did have an effect, these companies would have lost everything In the end, the Y2K Millennium bug turned out to be a hoax because machines that were untreated by Y2K prevention software operated successfully