Word: glitch
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...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...
...most obvious problem with the Y2K glitch, it originally seemed, was with the important computerized records of the University--the "core financials," as administrators term them...
Above all, take the time you need to get the job done right. Hanson, for example, had to miss his first lucrative Christmas season when setting up his online store; it took him six months before opening up for e-business. But his site has remained glitch-free ever since. Now Hanson has installed a live lobster-cam for customers. Even online, he's learned, customers like to see what they're going...
...longed for my trusty Macintosh! Macs are easier than PCs in every way, and fixing a software glitch on one is especially simple. (Turn off all the extensions, then turn them back on one by one until you find the offender.) But resolving a PC conflict means entering a time-wasting morass of Washington-sex-scandal dimensions. Still, I had no choice. After fiddling around importantly for a bit, I did what I always end up doing in PC-land: I called the 24-hour, toll-free so-called help line. This turned out to be a mistake...
...Software glitch takes out Schwab website...