What Really Happened in Y2k?

Synopsis

Grehsam College lecture by Professor Martyn Thomas. As the year 2000 approached, many people feared that computer programmes storing year values as two-digit figures (such as 99) would cause problems. There is a widespread belief that the millennium bug was a myth, invented by rapacious consultants as a way to make money. This lecture asks what the truth was, what, if anything, happened and whether we have learnt all the right lessons? [53 minutes]

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2017

Subjects

Information technology; Technology

Keywords

computer programming; computer security; computer systems

Online availability

URI

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/what-really-happened-in-y2k

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

Martyn Thomas

Distributor

Name

Gresham College

Email

enquiries@gresham.ac.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7831 0575

Fax

020 7831 5208

Address

Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH