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The Embedded Chip
But one of the largest threats of the year 2000 computer-date problem--also known as the millennium bug--is not the threat to computer systems, but the hazard to anything with an embedded chip--such as elevators or security systems.
As a security precaution, embedded chips in some elevators are programmed to make the elevator stop working if it is not serviced every year. In test runs, some elevators with an embedded chip stopped when the year was set to 2000 because they thought they had not been serviced in...
Madden says that the Internal Auditor's Office has been working with University Operations Services (UOS) to ensure that embedded chips will not create problems for Harvard buildings.
To battle the embedded chip problem, Malagrifa says that UOS has put together a strategy to test the hardware in "all the buildings on campus, any building that has a fire alarm system or building automation system."