The New Millennium Is A Time In Which Many Anticipate With A Watchful Eye. One O

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Term Paper Title	The New Millennium Is A Time In Which Many Anticipate With A Watchful Eye. One O
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The new millennium is a time in which many anticipate with a watchful eye.  One of the
uncertainties about this “turning of centuries” is the Y2K (year 2000) glitch.  This is the computer
problem of the next century.  It is the problem that is getting much attention lately, as many
people look ahead toward the future.
     The glitch is the problem caused by computers not recognizing the year as 2000, but
rather 1900.  This glitch will make many computers confused about the year, rendering them
incapable of their duties.  Unfortunately, not only will the computer be incapable of its duties, but
it will crash, losing all of the information it contains.  Only until recently, computers have been
programmed to recognize the first two digits of a particular year.  This small glitch can cause
large problems for many businesses and everyday people alike.  The problems range from
database loss in large corporations to simple computer failure for the average personal computer.
     The problem is that everything in this day of computers is electronic, everything from
social security to the gas pumps at the local Cenex is digital.  This glitch will disrupt all of the
everyday computing that the United States depends upon.   This problem will wreak havoc with
the large database services including social security which happens to be one of them.  All of the
people who have jobs in the United States contribute to the social security program.   This
immense amount of information must be processed by computer databases, which are vulnerable
to the computer problem of the millennium.
     Another problem for the United States consumers is the list of electronic products that are
not glitch safe.  Some of these include camcorders, personal computers, and VCRs.  These
devices use dates to perform their function.  Most of them do not recognize the year correctly,
creating a problem for those who buy them.  The VCRs that use advanced programming for
future recording dates will have a problem.  The device will not be able to decipher the year in
which it is supposed to record.  Personal computers will obviously have a problem along with the
major computer databases.  Luckily, most of the recently manufactured personal computers are
glitch safe,...

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