The+New+Era+of+the+Year+2000

-People thought that the computer systems were not going to accept the new millennium. They believed that the computer systems were going to crash. (MC-SOTH)
Before this question is answered, you should know why this is important to U.S. history. The reason why is because when an international problem happens, or is thought to happen, should be found, solved, and helped to be prevented to assure no further occurrences in the future. Afterwards, something like this is bound to be stated in a historical resource, which proves importance to our history. (TF-OS)

Back then, computer systems were only designed to go up to specific date, and that was December 31, 1999. When making the hardware for the computer, no one probably bothered to put a prolonged time zone in to it, but they didn’t think of what might happen when that date was reached until that year. Yet again it also had to do with the fact that they represented a specific year with only a two-digit number and that was it.

When the year 1999 finally came, they realized that the hardware was going to become outdated causing all computers to crash. They called it the Y2K virus (or the [|Millennium Bug]). This caused an uproar in governments and businesses around the world. Then the frantically updated all of their computers to get ready for the New Year so nothing would be lost. When January 1, 2000 came, nothing happened. This, I think was probably because of the immense amount of precaution taken throughout the world to prevent [|The Year 2000 Problem].

If this problem had not been recognized, all computers would be incapable of saving anything because software has always been at least a little bit dependent on dates when files are accessed. Also, any interactions between different networks (such as the Internet) would be exterminated by that server immediately. So every time they would turn on their computers, they would get “the blue screen of death” (as Microsoft calls it).

Now, they have created an updating system linked to the Internet so that way this never happens again. After every century, the computers’ timing software is updated. But those without the Internet will need to go to a store and buy a small flash drive containing the software needed to update their commuters. So now, when the year 2100 comes, we will not have to worry about a Y2K II virus. (TF-OS)

[|What happened?]

What is the Y2K bug? This bug was causing a problem with the year because instead of having two digits for the year they were using four. When you would try and save something it would say that the year 2000 was one hundred years in advance for 1999. It didn't understand that the new millennium was only one year in advance. This bug did not just affect computers, it also affected utilities, banking, manufacturing, telecom, and airlines. (MC-SOTH)

What happened when the new year came along? They waited until January 1, 2000, when that time came along there were no major problems that happened. They turned off all their computers just to make sure that they didn't "blow up". They didn't know if the computers were going to react to the new year. After this big scare, they went on with life and everything was fine. (MC-SOTH)

Microsoft in the year 1999 was embarrassed to say that they thought there were going to be some problems with the new year or millennium coming. They comforted people that were not going to be any data loss but they did know that the year on the computers were maybe going to be wrong. (MC-SOTH)

I just found out that the Y2K bug stands for Year 2000 bug. In this problem, several millions of dollars were used to make the computers change to a 4 digit year instead of a 2 digit to show that the year was 2000 and not 1900. (MC-SOTH) Computer bugs in the Year 2000