Word: glitching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...posed myriad safety problems. For example, the computers used by the Harvard University Police Department were vulnerable to the glitch, as was the keycard system that is supposed to let Harvard students into their dorms and keep intruders...
...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...