Computers Meet Y2K with Few Glitches
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Computers, Computer Science
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Worldwide
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: January 1, 2000
Article abstract: Despite fears of catastrophic breakdowns in power, water, food, bank, and credit systems, few problems were reported as the year 2000 (Y2K) began. Public and corporate officials and computer experts took credit for preventing major disasters, but some critics wondered if potential problems had been overestimated.
Origin of the Problem
In the early days of computer programming in the 1950’s, when Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper and her colleagues were searching for a language to simplify computer use, resources such as memory and...
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