Word: computerizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The glitch stems from computer chips and programs that take into account only the last two digits of the year in keeping track of the date. As a result, they recognize the year 2000 as 1900, and the difference could lead to severe problems for Harvard.
The University has responded by commissioning a team of Harvard computer programmers that has been working for months to avert disaster, reprogramming, testing and planning for the Y2K bug.
As a result, the most important computer systems at the University appear to be protected.
The Harvard Management Company (HMC), which invests the University's endowment, has been testing rigorously to make sure the records of their investments will not be lost as a result of the computer glitch.
Huidekoper says the great surprise of the Y2K glitch for Harvard was that its effect on important University functions went well beyond its basic computer software. Computer chips that are not programmed for the millennium control many more functions than officials expected.