This Year, Most Of The World Is Preparing To Celebrate The Year 2000 And The Com

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This year, most of the world is preparing to celebrate the year 2000 and the coming of a
new millennium. However, many businesses, manufacturers, banks and hospitals are
quietly hoping for an uneventful new year’s transition. At midnight on December 31,
many businesses will be anticipating what effects the millennium rollover will have on
computer software and other equipment that contain a time sensitive chip called an
embedded chip. Early computer programmers, in an effort to conserve limited memory
space, programmed computers to read the year in only two digits. So computers read 15
as 1915, and 02 as 1902, and so on. Thus, when the year 2000 arrives, many computer
programs might go from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 1900. Some computers will
cease to function, or “crash”. Needless to say, if these programs control functions such as
electricity, airline travel, or communications, the results could be disastrous. Many
companies and governments have spent countless hours and untold dollars making
software Y2K (year 2 thousand) compatible.
The consequences of not preparing for the Y2K problem could spell disaster for
the company involved. For example, a small Midwestern manufacturer encountered a
similar date-related problem in 1996 (a leap year) when the company did not realize that
their entire computer network would be affected by the extra day in the year. When the
year 1997 turned over, all systems shut down. This malfunction caused the liquid
solutions being produced to freeze, causing them to destroy the pipelines they ran through.
This disaster cost the company over $1 million in new equipment. The catastrophe caused
massive delivery delays to their customers, and the company believes numerous customer
accounts were lost as a result. This is just a small example of what could happen when
computer software and related equipment is not tested for Y2K compatibility. Now,
imagine the confusion and disaster that could result from a similar incident occurring in a
hospital--where lives, not inventory, are at stake.
“Code Blue 2000” is the term used to describe the possible breakdown of the
world’s hospital software and related medical devices. Most hospital organizations have
prepared themselves for any problems that might occur with their software and medical
equipment. It is the organizations that ignore the potential problem that will most likely
loose valuable patient information, and in extreme cases, have their ability to furnish
adequate h...

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